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Anton Rubinstein
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1870
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for Aaron Lebedeff (1873–1960), performer on the Yiddish stage
Bewildering clarity of tongues:
names you never heard, food
you never ate, a wild dance
you never learned, light hanging
in the sky…
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Stephen Bluestone
Places:
Macon, United States of America
Date:
1995
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These program notes were prepared for the Radical New Jewish music performances which were part of the ART PROJEKT Festival held in Munich in September of 1992.
American New Music has always been…
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John Zorn, Marc Ribot
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1992
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“Practically everyone has seen the prize-winning musical about the lovable people in that little village in Old Russia called Anetevka [sic]. Well, as far as we’re concerned, ‘Fiddler’ made a goof!” M…
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Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
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New York, United States of America
Date:
2001
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In the city of Warsaw such a long time ago
Two hundred children stand lined row on row
With their freshly washed faces and freshly washed clothes
The children of Poland who never grow old
In the…
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Si Kahn
Places:
Charlotte, United States of America
Date:
1985
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Naftali Herz Imber, Naftali Herz Imber
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New York, United States of America
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ca. 1910
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Esteemed Friend and Editor:
Recently a friend of mine, who is a member of the Workmen’s Circle Chorus, visited, bringing with her the…
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J. Levitt
Places:
Los Angeles, United States of America
Date:
1918
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The distinction between religious and secular music is not universally admitted. There is a considerable group of people, some of them very learned in the art and science of sound, who claim that…
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Joseph Reider
Places:
Philadelphia, United States of America
New York, United States
Date:
1918
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Eddie Cantor, Harry Ruby
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1918
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My restlessness is of a wolf, and of a bear my rest,
Riot shouts in me, and boredom listens.
I am not what I want, I am not what I think,
I am the magician and I’m the magic-trick.
I am an ancient…
Contributor:
Moyshe-Leyb Halpern
Places:
New York City, United States of America
Date:
1919