Rare historical yiddish recordings

[SamWeiss <SamWeiss...>]

In line with recent discussions of the An-ski recordings CD, the following 
item forwarded to me should be of interest (I just received my copy, but 
will not have a chance to listen to it for a while.)  Contact info is at 
the very end of the message. (-S.W.)


>"CUBO FUTURIST KLEZMER"
>A NEW CD OF RARE HISTORICAL RECORDINGS FROM THE
>MOSCOW STATE YIDDISH THEATRE (GOSET) 1922-1938
>AVAILABLE IN LIMITED NUMBER
>
>
>Founded in revolutionary Petrograd in 1919, relocating to Moscow two years
>later, and remaining there until it was silenced by Stalin in 1949, the
>Moscow State Yiddish Theatre (GOSET) was the not only the preeminent Jewish
>institution in the history of Soviet Union but likely the best attended
>Yiddish theater ever established in Europe. Populist in its material,
>avant-garde in its staging, the Moscow GOSET was above all, a musical
>theater, that drew on the talents of such distinguished Russian Jewish
>composers as Lev Pulver and Iosef Akhron.
>
>The only collection of its kind, "Cubo Futurist Klezmer" contains all 15
>known GOSET recordings, including songs from the classic productions of
>Koldunya, 200,000, and The Travels of Benjamin, as well as two of the great
>Yiddish actor Solomon Mikhoels' monologues from the GOSET 1938 staging of 
>Tevye the Milkman. This material has been drawn from surviving copies of 
>the inexpensive souvenir '78s sold at the GOSET Moscow theatre on Malaya
>Bronnya Street (and also the Soviet Pavilion at the 1939 New York Worlds
>Fair). Recording quality varies but the humor, inventiveness, and high
>spirits of this remarkable theater shines through the technical
>imperfections.
>
>"Cubo-Futurist Klezmer" was assembled and annotated by Dr. Mel Gordon
>(Professor of Theater-UC Berkeley) and produced by J. Hoberman (author,
>Bridge of Light: Yiddish Film Between Two Worlds) as a luftmensh project, 
>on the occasion of The Jewish Museum in New York's current show, "Marc 
>Chagall: Early Works From Russian Collections." A limited number of CDs 
>are available at $15 (postage included) in the US; $20 overseas. (Payment 
>in US currency only.)
>Please contact: hojams (at) att(dot)net

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