Early folklorists and Yiddish song

[Abbi Wood <acw24...>]

Does anyone have any information on folklorists working on Yiddish song
during the nineteenth century? I have notes on published collections
dating back to the beginning of the twentieth century, but I recall that
some earlier printed collections are in the collections of YIVO and the
New York Public Library (though as far as I remember these were from the
1890s). Does anyone know of earlier work?

Would be very grateful for any insights,

A sheynem dank,

Abbi


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