Re: Nerdy question: Yiddish songbooks

[Abbi Wood <acw24...>]

> I believe that Abbi's posted list is only those books which are
> undated, not the 200+ items.

Yes, sorry if I was unclear. The list I sent is just those books which
don't bear a publication date. Whilst the inventory I'm working on will in
no way be a complete list of publications (research grants have finite
resources for travel!), it currently reflects several months of searching
through libraries in the UK, USA and Israel (an allied project is a
bibliography of literature _about_ Yiddish songs).

The reason for searching for the dates is that I'm particularly concerned
that all the information contained should be as accurate as possible,
particularly for older volumes which are in any case harder to locate and
often not on computerised library catalogues, in order to be of as much
use as possible both for my own work and for others.

Abbi


>
> Perhaps with your library and expertise you can help Abbi directly
> with this project which no doubt will ultimately benefit those of us,
> like you, who are interested in Yiddish songs.
>
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Reyzl Kalifowicz-Waletzky <reyzl (at) flash(dot)net>
> To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> Date: Sunday, May 20, 2001 9:59 PM
> Subject: RE: Nerdy question: Yiddish songbooks
>
>
> >Your list is very, very short.  Even our library has 3 times as many
> books.
> > I suggest that you go to YIVO for the complete list - something that
> no
> >one on this list can provide you.  The other libraries are Harvard,
> Judaica
> >Division of the Main NY Public Library, HUC (NY & Cincinnati), JTS,
> the
> >Lincoln Center Library NY Public Library, the Medem Library in Paris.
> In
> >Israel, the Hebrew University Library, etc.
> >
> >
> >Reyzl
> >
> >----------
> >From:  Abbi Wood [SMTP:acw24 (at) hermes(dot)cam(dot)ac(dot)uk]
> >Sent:  Sunday, May 20, 2001 10:43 AM
> >To:  World music from a Jewish slant
> >Subject:  Nerdy question: Yiddish songbooks
> >
> >
> >Khaverim,
> >
> >As part of my PhD research, I'm compiling a large inventory
> (currently
> >200+ items) of publications of Yiddish songs made during the 20th
> century.
> >However, quite a few books I've come across are undated. Where this
> is the
> >case, I've taken the approximate date given on library records, or
> guessed
> >from the content, but I'd be grateful if anyone could help me with
> >accurate dates. (I've appended below a current list of undated
> items.)
> >
> >I would also of course be interested if anyone in the NYC area has
> any
> >unusual publications (ie unlikely to be in libraries) of Yiddish
> songs
> >which they would be willing to let me see, or if you have been
> involved at
> >any time with the publication of songbooks containing Yiddish
> material.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Abbi Wood
> >
> >
> >This is the list of songbooks with uncertain dates:
> >
> >
> >Chait, S. and Rosmarin, J. (c. 1934) Jewish Folks Songs. Montreal:
> >Federation of Young Judaea of Canada.
> >
> >Cohen, E. S. (1924) Beloved Yiddish Folksongs, reprinted c. 1980 by
> Tara
> >Publications.
> >
> >Colter, H. and Shreibman, H. (c. 1955) Jewish Youth Sings. New York:
> >Jewish Young Fraternalists.
> >
> >Coopersmith, H. (c. 1937) Jewish Community Songster. Chicago, IL:
> Board of
> >Jewish Education.
> >
> >Gelbart, M. (c. 1940) [gezang bukh far der elementar-shul]. New York:
> >Arbeter Ring.
> >
> >Gelbart, M. (c. 1942) [lider gezungen in di arbeter-ring shuln
> lernyor
> >1941-1942]. New York: Bildungs-komitet fun arbeter-ring.
> >
> >Hebrew Publishing Company (hibru poblishing kompani) (19--) [zeks
> >tzienistishe un folks-lider]. New York: Hebrew Publishing Company.
> >
> >Kalb, A. I. (c. 1925) Song book of the C. J. I.. camps. New York:
> Central
> >Jewish Institute Camp.
> >
> >Kammen, J. and Kammen, J. (c. 1950) Jewish theater songs: A
> collection of
> >popular song hits of yesteryear. New York: J. & J. Kammen Music Co.
> >
> >Kinderbuch Publications (c. 1970) [lomir kinder zingen]: LetOs sing a
> >Yiddish song. New York: Kinderbuch Publications.
> >
> >Kipnis, M. and Zeligfeld, Z. (n. d.) [folks-lider fun m. kipnis un z.
> >zeligfeldOs kontzert repertuar]. Warsaw: Farlag A. Gitlin.
> >
> >Kipnis, M. (n. d.) [140 folks-lieder]. Warsaw: Druk M. Kupersztoch i
> M.
> >Kramarz.
> >
> >Kipnis, M. (n. d.) [80 folks-lider]. Warsaw: Farlag A. Gitlin.
> >
> >Kipnis, M. (n. d.) [60 folks-lider]. Warsaw: A. Gitlin.
> >
> >Kisselgof, Z. (192-) [lider-zamelbukh far der yidishe shul un
> familie].
> >Berlin: Juwal.
> >
> >Kultur-gezelshaft lekhn farband fun di yidn in Poiln (195-?) Spiewamy
> (Mir
> >zingen). [no place given]: Kultur-gezelshaft lekhn farband fun di
> yidn in
> >Poiln.
> >
> >Loehr, Theodore (publisher) (c. 1906) The Grand Folio of Hebrew
> Music. New
> >York: Theodore Lohr.
> >
> >Mlotek, Ch. and Gottlieb, M. (c. 1972) Yontefdike Teg: Song book for
> the
> >Jewish Holidays. New York: Jewish Education Press.
> >
> >Rosenbaum, S. (194-?)[zingen mir: lider far dervaksene un kinder].
> New
> >York: Tzentral bildungs komitet fun yidishe natzionaln arbeter
> farband.
> >
> >Rosenblatt, H. (c. 1990) The music of Yossele Rosenblatt. Cedarhurst,
> NY:
> >Tara Publications.
> >
> >Roskin, J. S. (c. 1988) Great Jewish Folksongs. Cedarhurst, NY: Tara
> >Publictions
> >
> >Tara Publications (c. 1980) Great Jewish Classics. Vols 1 to 7.
> >Cedarhurst, NY: Tara Publications.
> >
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