Rare historical Yiddish recordings re-released

[Joel Bresler <jbresler...>]

Chaverim,

Cross posted from HaSafran and the Mendele discussion lists. Check with the 
original author if any questions.

Best,

Joel

 >>Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 18:26 EST
 >>Reply-To: AriehNYC (at) prodigy(dot)net
 >>Sender: owner-hasafran (at) lists(dot)acs(dot)ohio-state(dot)edu
 >>From: "Arieh Lebowitz" <AriehNYC (at) prodigy(dot)net>
 >>To: hasafran (at) lists(dot)acs(dot)ohio-state(dot)edu
 >>Subject: New CD of rare historical Yiddish recordings Available
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 >>
 >>FYI.
 >>This is reposted from Mendele discussion list.
 >>Please share as appropriate. >> Arieh Lebowitz / see below
 >>====================================
 >>
 >>Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 10:08:29 -0400 (EDT)
 >>From: "J. Hoberman" <hojams (at) worldnet(dot)att(dot)net>
 >>Subject: Cubo Futurist Klezmer
 >>
 >>"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 Mikhoel's monologues from the
 >>GOSET's 1938 staging of Tevye the Milkman. This material has been
 >>drawn from surviving copies of the inexpensive souvenir '78s sold at
 >>the GOSET's Moscow theatre on Malaya Bronnya Street (and also the
 >>Soviet Pavilion at the 1939 New York World's 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 is available at $15 (postage included) in the US; $20
 >>overseas. (Payment in US currency only.) Contact hojams (at) att(dot)net(dot)
 >>
 >>Jim Hoberman


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