Songs of Semer: Yidishe Lider in Berlin, 1933-38

6 Thursdays: April 7, 14, 21, May 5, 12, 19 Tuition: YIVO Members**:$250 Non-members: $325 Registration is closed. Sign up for YIVO's email list to receive announcements of upcoming classes.

Instructor: Lorin Sklamberg

Join Klezmatics singer and YIVO sound archivist Lorin Sklamberg for a rediscovery of the unbelievably diverse repertoire of Jewish song recorded under the auspices of the Jüdischer Kulturbund in the shadow of Nazi oppression. Yiddish theater and folk songs, religious hymns, German cabaret ditties and early Hebrew ballads as performed by a who's who of 1930s European Jewish artists for the microphones of Hirsch Lewin's Semer and associated record labels will be explored, illustrated by rare original recordings. In anticipation of the release of Alan Bern's Semer Ensemble CD (Piranha Musik, 2016), featuring contemporary reinterpretations of these musical treasures. Texts and translations provided.

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