Re: Fw: Yiddish Songs

[robert wiener <wiener...>]

Judy,

Thanks for all of that good information.

I should have looked more carefully at Irene Heskes's "Passport to
Jewish Music".  It does have several pages in the chapter "Jewish
Music in America", most of it under the section "Yiddish American
Minstrelsy" although the section on "Eili, Eili" is particularly
interesting to me.

As to Diane Cypkin's dissertation, I'm embarrassed to say that I was
unaware of it, even though I'm a colleague of hers at Pace University,
Westchester (Pleasantville) where she teaches in the Speech
department.  Diane performs in Yiddish theater and sings Yiddish songs
and lives in Brooklyn.  I've collaborated with her several times
providing recorded music for her projects.  I'm sure that she's read
her dissertation and I've just written to her asking for a peak.

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: Judy Pinnolis <pinnolis (at) brandeis(dot)edu>
To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Yiddish Songs


>Bob:
>Just started reading it... but the new "Klezmer" book by Henry
Sapoznik
>gives a very nice synopsis about the start of Yiddish musical theater
as
>part of a greater picture in of Jewish music in NY,  and discusses
some of
>the major players on the scene. Henry also provides footnotes so any
>particular point can be followed up.
>
>Also, there are a couple of chapters on Yiddish theater in a book
called
>"Politics of Yiddish" . A few chapters in this book discuss the
various
>types of Yiddish theater in NY with and without music.
>
>There is also an article by Irene Heskes: Music as social history:
American
>Yiddish theater music, 1882- 1920. in the journal: American music
Vol. II,
>No. 4 (Winter 1984) pp.73-87.
>
>She also devotes space in "Passport to Jewish Music" to an overview
of the
>history of Yiddish theater music with biographical information about
>Goldfaden and the rest.
>
>For those willing to pursue such things:
>Diane Cypkin wrote a dissertation at NYU:
>SECOND AVENUE:  THE YIDDISH BROADWAY
>Has anyone read this?
>
>If you read German, Isabel Schnabel has written a piece that appears
in
>Kunst und Religion: "Jiddisches Theater, Musik und Literatur:
>Gestern--heute--morgen" (1995)vol. 3, pp. 69-75 which covers
Goldfaden,
>Gordon, Pinski and Rabinowitz and more. I haven't read this yet, so
can't
>really recommend it or not, but it must be an overview since it's
only a
>few pages.
>
>Maybe these can get you started. Best wishes,
>Judy
>
>
>At 09:01 AM 1/4/00 -0500, you wrote:
>>Hankus,
>>
>>I was going to mention "Tenement Songs" (which I do own, along with
>>the tape), but it seemed to me that there must be some book out
there
>>devoted entirely to Yiddish theater music.  Certainly there is
plenty
>>of material.  And there are many recordings, including one by Jan
>>Peerce.
>>
>>Maybe someone on the list will fill the gap.
>>
>>Bob
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: HNetsky (at) aol(dot)com <HNetsky (at) aol(dot)com>
>>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>>Date: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 8:40 AM
>>Subject: Re: Fw: Yiddish Songs
>>
>>
>>>
>>>In a message dated 1/3/00 4:04:10 PM, you wrote:
>>>
>>><<While looking on my shelves for information on Bertha Kalich, I
>>>
>>>realized that I have no books on music of the Yiddish theater
(aside
>>>
>>>from books of the music itself).  Any recommendations?
>>>
>>>
>>>Bob
>>>
>>>This is one of those shameful gaps.  "Tenement Songs" is a start,
but
>>a full
>>>length volume (or ten) is sorely needed.  --hankus
>>>
>>>
>>>----------------------
>>jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org ---------------------+
>>>