Olf, Mark: Jewish Folksongs, Vol. 1

Mark Olf: Jewish Folksongs, Vol. 1 - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

Jewish Folksongs, Vol. 1

Artist:

Mark Olf

Label:

Folkways Records

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

093070682627

Genre:

International

Sub Genre:

Israeli

Release Date:

2012-05-30

Number of Discs:

1

Mark Olf (1905-1987) was a composer and singer of Yiddish and Hebrew songs. He emigrated from Russia to the U.S. with his family when he was in his early teens; he later recorded some of the songs he had heard as a child, toured the country performing, and taught music at the Henry Street Settlement on the Lower East Side, Queens College (CUNY), and the University of Rhode Island. On this recording-one of four he made for Folkways Records-he sings well-known Yiddish folk songs, accompanying himself on guitar. Yiddish, which incorporates German, Hebrew, and Slavic elements, was the primary secular language of the Jews in Eastern Europe. Liner notes provide English translations and the original Yiddish texts.

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