Yiddish Theater, George Gershwin, and the Birth of an American Sound
Hosted By: YIVO
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research presents a lecture on the influence of Yiddish theater on the early musical development of George Gershwin. The talk examines a Yiddish musical that blended American rhythms with themes of working-class life and women’s rights. The program explores how Gershwin’s exposure to this cultural world may have shaped his later engagement with Black American musical traditions.
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