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High Tech Rescue of Vintage Judaic Music
- From: Joel Bresler <joel.br...>
- Subject: High Tech Rescue of Vintage Judaic Music
- Date: Tue 12 Nov 2002 22.03 (GMT)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 8, 2002
BUBBE'S MUSIC SINGS AGAIN
(Joel's note: Nona's, too?)
Digitally Remastered and preserved by FAU s Judaica Collections. Musical
Donations Welcome.
BOCA RATON, FL - At Florida Atlantic University, rows and rows of old
Hebrew, Yiddish and Sephardic 78-rpm records in crisp new sleeves line the
shelves of the Molly S. Fraiberg Judaica Collections. Volunteers have been
lovingly cleaning and digitally re-recording about 1000 vintage records in
an effort to save the sounds of the synagogues, the shtetls of Eastern
Europe, the Djuderias of Spain, and the teeming early twentieth century
Jewish neighborhoods of the great American cities. They have been
preserving everything from the chants of great cantors to the lively tunes
of klezmer bands and songs from the Yiddish stage and Sephardic weddings.
Their objective is to allow future generations to gain firsthand knowledge
of the music their grandparents and great-grandparents loved as children.
Over the past decade and more, we have been fortunate to receive donations
of 78s, 45s, 33 l/3s and even wax recordings, largely due to our being
located in the vast Jewish community of South Florida the second largest in
the US says Dr. William Miller, FAU s director of libraries. Our collection
now ranks as the largest in Florida, but we want to make it even bigger to
serve a global community linked through the Internet who appreciates music
of times gone by.
Dr. Miller continues, When elderly family members pass away, they leave
households filled with possessions that sometimes hold little appeal for
their heirs. Often they hold an ethnic treasure, a musical heritage that
deserves to be recorded before it is lost to oblivion. We hope that people
will consider donating these musical treasures to FAU. We are trying to
save as many old recordings as possible from a trip to the landfill. The
ultimate goal of this effort is to make this music available over the
Internet without charge.
You can help create a safe harbor for a legacy your grandparents may have
built - or you yourself may have - by helping FAU s Fraiberg Judaica
Library save Hebrew, Yiddish and Sephardic Judeo Spanish music of the past.
Old 78 s can become treasures for the future. Donate your records to save
this wonderful music for your children and their children, too. These
records are the only direct pathway to this Hebrew, Yiddish and Sephardic
music of times gone forever. You will be doing a good deed by providing
these treasures a place where they will be well cared for and honored.
The Molly S. Fraiberg Judaica Collections are open to visitors on an
appointment basis. To make a donation to FAU of Hebrew, Yiddish or
Sephardic records, or other artifacts of Jewish culture, or to schedule a
visit, call 561-297-3787 or e-mail Jewishmusic (at) fau(dot)edu(dot)
Florida Atlantic University
Molly S. Fraiberg Judaica Collections
777 Glades Road
P.O. Box 3092
Boca Raton, FL 33431-0992
Contact: Zita M. Cael
Head, Special Collections & Archives
561-297-3787
Email: Jewishmusic (at) fau(dot)edu
Joel Bresler
250 E. Emerson Rd.
Lexington, MA 02420 USA
Home Office: 781-862-4104
Email: joel(dot)br (at) verizon(dot)net
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