From the archives of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, a collection of traditional Yiddish folksongs by highly regarded ethnomusicologist Ruth Rubin, presented with added commentary from music scholars Chana Mlotek and Mark Slobin.
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From the archives of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, a collection of traditional Yiddish folksongs by highly regarded ethnomusicologist Ruth Rubin, presented with added commentary from music scholars Chana Mlotek and Mark Slobin.
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Seller's Description:
Fine. Text block, wraps and binding are in like new condition, without markings of any kind. Disc unopened. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good. First edition. Square quarto. xx, 288pp. Gutter cracked, wrappers curled, about very good. CD of "Jewish Life: The Old Country" in folder inside rear wrapper. Affectionately Inscribed by Chana Mlotek to Psychotherapist Vivian Guze on the title page. Rubin collected some 2, 000 songs from generations of people who had grown up in a Yiddish-speaking environment. Interviews by Rubin, along with additional commentary by Mlotek and Slobin. A scarce book to find with most being held in institutions.
