Voices of a People: The Story of Yiddish Folksong

Ruth Rubin

University of Illinois Press, 2000 - 558 pages

The seminal work of Ruth Rubin, a pioneering collector, singer, folklorist, writer, and crusader for the vanishing legacy of the Yiddish world, Voices of a People remains the only general introduction to Yiddish folksong.

A priceless collection of song texts in Yiddish and English, as well as a selection of tunes Rubin transcribed, this volume brings the Jews' ancient, itinerant culture alive through children's songs, dancing songs, and songs about love and courtship, poverty and work, crime and corruption, immigration, and the dream of a homeland. Rubin's notes and annotations weave each text into the larger story of the Jewish experience.

Noted scholar Mark Slobin provides a new foreword that includes a biographical sketch of Rubin and an assessment of her contributions over a lifetime of collecting, absorbing, and disseminating Yiddish folksong.

Table des matières

• Foreword by Mark Slobin: 9
• Guide to Transliterated Texts: 15
• At the Cradle: 29
• The Childrens World: 44
• Love and Courtship: 69
• AND UNFULFILLMENT TRUE LOVE BALLADS RIDDLE: 97
• Customs and Beliefs: 128
• Merriment: 159
• Dancing Songs: 182
• Historical and Topical: 199
• Chasidic Melody and Songs: 230
• Χ Of Literary Origin: 250
• Poverty Toil and Struggle: 278
• Out of the Shadows: 310
• To America: 342
• CIAL POETS AND SONGS OF LITERARY ORIGIN TOPICAL: 368
• Soviet Yiddish Folk Song: 399
• RECRUITMENT WORK COLLECTIVE FARMS SONGS: 423
• LOVE SONGS: 462
• Appendix I: 485
• Map of the Pale of Settlement: 523
• General Index: 533
• Song Index: 549

Informations bibliographiques

• Titre: Voices of a People: The Story of Yiddish Folksong
• Auteur: Ruth Rubin
• Édition: illustrée, réimprimée
• Éditeur: University of Illinois Press, 2000
• ISBN: 0252069188, 9780252069185
• Longueur: 558 pages