Jewish cowboy music

[Joel Bresler <jbresler...>]

Cross-posted from the H-Judaic list. Please copy Prof. Harrowitz on any
replies to the Jewish music list.

Best, Joel

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Subject:      Query: Yiddish Cowboy Songs (Harrowitz)
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From: Nancy Harrowitz <nharrow (at) bu(dot)edu>

        Has anyone ever heard of western United States cowboy songs being
translated into Yiddish and thus existing as some sort of genre in itself
(ie Yiddish cowboy songs)? Is there any scholarship on this and where
could I find more information?

Thanks very much,
Prof. Nancy Harrowitz
Dept. of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures
Boston University
718 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, Ma 02215
tel. (617) 353-6207



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