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Manuscript/Mixed Material [Moyshe der fidler : a shames un a klezmer, a idishe muzikalishe bild in eyn akt

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Title

  • [Moyshe der fidler : a shames un a klezmer, a idishe muzikalishe bild in eyn akt

Translated Title

  • Moishe the fiddler : a beadle and musician, a Yiddish musical portrait in one act /

Names

  • Cherniavsky, Joseph, 1895-1959.

Created / Published

  • 1920.

Headings

  • -  drama
  • -  music title -- "Yidishe Tretn"
  • -  music title -- "Yidishe Fantazye"
  • -  Russia
  • -  Jewish life -- village life -- shtetl
  • -  marriage
  • -  music -- Klezmer
  • -  musicians
  • -  poverty
  • -  assimilation -- attitudes towards assimilation
  • -  marriage -- wedding ceremonies
  • -  celebrations -- wedding ceremonies

Genre

  • Plays
  • Drama

Notes

  • -  D53792 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Enhanced description contained in: The Lawrence Marwick collection of copyrighted Yiddish plays at the Library of Congress : an annotated bibliography / by Zachary M. Baker with the assistance of Bonnie Sohn.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
  • -  Record converted from American Memory pseudomarc.

Repository

  • Library of Congress African and Middle Eastern Division, Hebraic Section Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020729455

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Yiddish Language Play Scripts from the Lawrence Marwick Collection are in the public domain and are free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, African and Middle Eastern Division, Yiddish Language Play Scripts from the Lawrence Marwick Collection.

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Chicago citation style:

Cherniavsky, Joseph. Moyshe Der Fidler: A Shames UN a Klezmer, a Idishe Muzikalishe Bild in Eyn Akt. 1920. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020729455/.

APA citation style:

Cherniavsky, J. (1920) Moyshe Der Fidler: A Shames UN a Klezmer, a Idishe Muzikalishe Bild in Eyn Akt. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020729455/.

MLA citation style:

Cherniavsky, Joseph. Moyshe Der Fidler: A Shames UN a Klezmer, a Idishe Muzikalishe Bild in Eyn Akt. 1920. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2020729455/>.