Creator Bio
Muriel Roth
1908–1990
Composer Muriel Roth (originally Parker) was born in Chicago and received her master’s degree in music from the University of Chicago. She married author Henry Roth in 1939, beginning her collaboration with Corinne Chochem in the ensuing years. Later in her life, Roth composed a song cycle titled Babi Yar, as well as several works for strings.
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Y’minah, Y’minah
“Y’minah, Y’minah,” c. 1941. Photo credit: The Dorot Jewish Division, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations.
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Palestine Dances!
Against the setting sun, in the fields near a kevutzah in Palestine, a group of young halutzim are dancing. All day long they have worked hard on the land. The morrow brings another day of…