PRX - Pieces for Tone: Inspiring
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At the Sabbath table on a Friday evening, the Khasidim of Eastern Europe sang tish nigunim, “table songs” praising God . . . seeking to get closer ...
- Added: Feb 02, 2012
- Length: 03:16
Sometimes, klezmer songs borrowed from popular folk melodies. “Lustig Zayn”, also known as “My Yofes” came from Polish peasants. But the more kle...
- Added: Feb 02, 2012
- Length: 05:24
This is a more spiritual tune. In 18th Century Poland, the Jewish mystic philosophy of Khasidism was born. The Khasidim believed that singing song...
- Added: Feb 02, 2012
- Length: 03:53
In the audio drama “The Witches of Lublin,” Sofia is a teenaged girl in love – all that matters to her is that the object of her affection shares h...
- Added: Feb 02, 2012
- Length: 03:44
This lively dance is a bulgar. It is exactly the sort of music one would hear at one of the market fairs held in Easter Europe during the late 1700...
- Added: Feb 02, 2012
- Length: 09:55
(this 58:30 program is the final version) Lublin, Poland, 1797: While they prepare for Passover, a family of Jewish women klezmer musicians struggl...
Bought by WRGY, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Radio Catskill, KWMR and more
- Added: Mar 15, 2011
- Length: 58:30
- Purchases: 25
For Women's History Month: this award-winning documentary chronicles her life and times.
Bought by WJCT, WKMS, WABE, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KCUR and more
- Added: Nov 26, 2003
- Length: 58:01
- Purchases: 24