The Max and Frieda Weinstein Archive of YIVO Sound Recordings
The YIVO Sound Archive collects and makes available thousands of commercial and non-commercial recordings of Yiddish music.
06/21/2024
05/01/2024
For May Day: May-lid (מײַ־ליד), words by M. Sorerives, music by M. Posner. Recorded by the Workmen's Circle Chorus with orchestra directed by M. Posner and Alfredo Cibelli in New York City on December 13, 1927. "Whose voice do I hear ringing? Let us sing freedom songs. Let us sing loud and strong! May our song carry open and free, awakening us to a new life. The First of May arrives!"
Mai Lied : The Max and Frieda Weinstein Archive of YIVO Sound Recordings : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Arbeiter Ring Chor (Workmen's Circle Chorus) with orchestra directed by M. Posner and Alfredo Corbelli. Mai Lied (M. Posner). Victor 80602 mx. BVE 41228-2....
04/11/2024
Saturday night in Ithaca!
Up next, The Klezmatics come to Bailey Hall! Born in NYC’s East Village in the 80s, this eclectic group revitalizes Klezmer music for a new generation!
We are really looking forward to this lively performance from this legendary group who continues to shine prominently in the world of klezmer music. 🎻🎺
03/22/2024
Here comes Purim - me khapt a nash, a homentash...
Purim Iz Der Bester Yom Tov : The Max and Frieda Weinstein Archive of YIVO Sound Recordings : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Peisachke Burstein with orchestra. Purim is der Bester Yom Tov (Morris Rund . Columbia 8126-F mx. W 107526-1. Recorded New York January 1927. The Max and...
01/30/2024
THE KLEZMATICS are on the lookout for a PROJECT MANAGER!
THE KLEZMATICS SEEK A PROJECT MANAGER!
The legendary New York Yiddish band The Klezmatics is looking for a Project Manager to help develop and execute plans leading up to our 40th Anniversary season in 2026-27! Tasks include sharing our history via social media posts, coordinating logistics for a new recording, managing a blowout concert in New York City, and assisting with booking a major anniversary tour. Interested in being a part of this milestone in Jewish-American cultural history? Check out this exciting opportunity, and please share widely!
Interested individuals may view the full proposal at klezmatics.com/projectmanager
01/26/2024
Recently unearthed - a 1995 interview in Yiddish with the remarkable Latvian tenor Misha Alexandrovich!
MISHA ALEXANDROVICH interview 1995 (Yiddish only) MIKHAIL ALEXANDROVICH / MISHA ALEXANDROVICH (1914-2002)Latvian born tenor / cantorInterview by Chasia Segal, WUNR Radio Brookline MA 10 May 1995(We have no p...
12/21/2023
Join Jonathan Karp in exploring the origins of Jewish participation in the popular music industry, including the development of Tin Pan Alley sheet music publishing, Vaudeville, and Broadway song composing.
This course is one of our Winter Program courses, running in January. Be sure to check out the entire list!
Jews in Pop and Rock Music On Zoom | Tuesdays & Thursdays, 12:00pm – 1:15pm ET, Begins January 9
11/11/2023
The Klezmatics are on the road, celebrating Hanukkah East and West. Join them at a show near you and they’ll do the rest! www.klezmatics.com/calendar
The Klezmatics are on the road, celebrating Hanukkah East and West. Join us at a show near you and we'll do the rest! www.klezmatics.com/calendar
10/19/2023
Join us at 1pm EST (19h à Paris) for this panel on the new Oxford Handbook on Jewish Music edited by Tina Fruehauf to which our sound archivist Eleonore Biezunski contributed with a chapter about the The Max and Frieda Weinstein Archive of YIVO Sound Recordings
Register here:
The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Music Studies | YIVO Institute for Jewish Research In a panel discussion led by Tina Frühauf, contributors Eléonore Biezunski, Jessica Roda, and Merav Rosenfeld-Hadad discuss a new handbook of Jewish music that addresses the diverse range of sounds, texts, archives, traditions, histories, geographic and political contexts, and critical d...
10/09/2023
Hope this will be rescheduled soon…
We regret to inform you that the Semer Ensemble event scheduled for tonight, October 9, 2023, has been cancelled due to illness. We are sorry for the inconvenience and hope to see you at future programs.
09/13/2023
One more side from our shellac disc collection, in celebration of Rosheshone. Here's Machtenburg's Male Choir with boy alto soloist Herbert Slotnik recorded in 1927. Wishing you a happy, healthy and tuneful year.
Areshas S'fosenu : The Max and Frieda Weinstein Archive of YIVO Sound Recordings : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Machtenburg's Male Choir with Herbert Slotnik, boy alto soloist, violin and piano, directed by M. Machtenberg. Areshas S'fosenu from Rosh Hashono Prayers...
09/13/2023
First of two sides from our shellac disc collection in celebration of Rosheshone. Here's Simon Pascal with a song from the pen of Rubin Doctor. Wishing you a happy, healthy and tuneful year.
A Brokhe Tzum Nayem Yohr : The Max and Frieda Weinstein Archive of YIVO Sound Recordings : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Simon Pascal with orchestra. A Brocheh Tzum Nayem Yohr (Rubin Doctor). Columbia E9060 mx. 89311-1. Recorded New York June 1923. The Max and Frieda Weinstein...
05/11/2023
Yesterday, YIVO's sound archivists visited the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts to make a donation of a few precious wax cylinders, that didn't fit into our collection (see previous post and list of YIVO's Jewish cylinders in comments).
They were treated to a tour of the sound recording and music collection, as well as the digitization labs by Assistant Curator of Music & Recorded Sound Jessica Wood and her colleagues.
One amazing artifact they were shown was a disc engraved on an X-ray from their Benedict Stambler collection. Such recordings were bootleg copies of censored recordings made in the post-war years in the Soviet Union.
05/01/2023
For May Day - the Workmen’s Circle Chorus stirring 1940s recording of Sh. Ansky’s anthem of the Jewish Labor Bund. Sing along! https://archive.org/details/dishvue
04/03/2023
Updated Passover playlist with a few new goodies. Enjoy!
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03/15/2023
Received minutes ago - a priceless donation of rare Jewish wax cylinders. Thanks to Thomas Porter of Ashland, VA for this wonderful addition to our collection. We can't wait to hear them!
03/07/2023
Have a homentash and celebrate with the great Ludwig Satz and his 1924 song Der heyliker purim!
Der Heiliger Purim : The Max and Frieda Weinstein Archive of YIVO Sound Recordings : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Ludwig Satz with chorus and orchestra. Der Heiliger Purim (Ludwig Satz). Columbia 8051-F mx. 105249-2. Recorded New York November 1924 The Max and Frieda...
Yonkiper tsu minkhe - יום־כּפּור צו מנחה - On Yom Kippur Afternoon. Words by the sweatshop poet Morris Rosenfeld (1862-1923), music by Henry Lefkowich (1891-1959), published 1914. From the collections of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, arranged by YIVO sound archivist Lorin Sklamberg, video created 2020.
09/22/2022
Goldie Malavsky is the soloist with the Malavsky Family Choir on one of the Tikva label's earliest recordings. Text from the Book of Jeremiah sung during the musaf amidah for Rosh Hashana. The YIVO Sound Archive wishes everyone a gut un a zis yor!
Haben Yakir Li : The Max and Frieda Weinstein Archive of YIVO Sound Recordings : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Haben Yakir Li performed by Cantor Samuel Malavsky and His Family Choir [Goldie Malavsky, soloist], accompanied by organ. Tikva M 1002, recorded New York circa...
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07/21/2022
In celebration of what would be singer, actor and human rights activist Theodore Bikel’s 98th birthday, here is one of his last performances at the YIVO Heritage Luncheon held in his honor on June 18, 2015.
Theo Bikel's Final Farewell (at the YIVO Institute) Theodore Bikel (1924 - 2015) sings "Di zun vet aruntergeyn" at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research 13th Annual Heritage Luncheon in his honor on June 18, ...
Leo Fuchs instructs us on the art of making kreplekh for Shvues...
05/05/2022
We are thrilled to celebrate the digitization of the amazing YIVO Folksong Project, conducted by Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett and a group of graduate students in the 1970s, with an amazing lineup of performers at Jalopy Theatre and School of Music!
Continuing Evolution: Yiddish Folksong Today Festival is a concert that features a showcase of contemporary artists engaged with Yiddish folksong material collected as a part of YIVO’s 1973-1975 Folksong Project: East European Jewish Folksong in its Social Context. Performing artists include Eléonore Biezunski, Carol Freeman, Sarah Gordon, Janet Leuchter, Jerry Marcus, Sarah Myerson, Ethel Raim, Miryem-Khaye Seigel, Ilya Shneyveys, Lorin Sklamberg, Josh Waletzky, and Eléonore Weill.
Sunday May 22, 4:00 pm.
Sunday, May 22, 4:00 pm
Presented in collaboration with YIVO Institute for Jewish Research at Jalopy Theatre, 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn.
This concert will also be live streamed on Zoom for those who can't attend in person!
Link to tickets in the first two comments.
04/27/2022
A new addition to our collection…
04/15/2022
The YIVO Sound Archive wishes everyone a zisn peysekh! Here is a Yiddish version of Ekhod mi yoydea passed on by former YIVO staffer Jessica Kligman. Enjoy!
03/14/2022
Purim is coming! Listen to "Purim shpilers" - Feygl Sultan recalls the Purimsphilers and Purim songs of her home town, Ivye [Lithuania]. Recorded by Ruth Rubin, New York, 1948. The Ruth Rubin Legacy Archive of Yiddish Folksongs. https://ruthrubin.yivo.org/categories/browse/Dublin+Core/Title/Purim+shpilers?site=site-r
Enhanced transcription as it appeared in the journal Yiddisher folklor, issued by the Y.L. Cahan Folklore Club of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, Volume I, Number 3, New York, March 1962.
02/22/2022
Our colleague Amanda Miryem-Khaye Seigel from the NYPL will be presenting an introduction to Yiddish Music Research this Thursday. This should be very interesting to anyone trying to find their way in the many existing resources.
We're delighted to co-sponsor this wonderful event at the New York Public Library! Register today!
Introduction to Yiddish Music Research
Thursday, February 24, 2022, 1 - 2:30 PM ET
ONLINE
Sponsored by the Dorot Jewish Division, New York Public Library
This free online class will introduce users to Yiddish music research. We will discuss where and how to find primary sources (such as sheet music, books, and recordings) and how to use them for your research. We will focus on online as well as print resources. We’ll explore common questions and issues that arise in Yiddish language research, and strategies for dealing with them. Presented by the Dorot Jewish Division and co-sponsored by the Center for Traditional Music and Dance, and the Klezmer Institute.
Live captioning will be provided.
More information: https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2021/02/24/introduction-yiddish-music-research
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The YIVO Sound Archive
The Max and Frieda Weinstein Archive of YIVO Sound Recordings houses and makes available thousands of recordings on piano rolls, 78-, 45- and 33rpm discs, open-reel and cassette tapes, compact discs and mp3s. The collection, which includes both music and spoken word recordings, also maintains a reference library and other materials related to the history and study of Jewish music. The earliest item in the Archive is a single-sided commercial 78rpm disc dating from 1901.
YIVO’s collection of recorded Jewish music is one of the most extensive and frequently consulted in the world. It embraces all genres, including:
• Klezmer music
• Yiddish and Hebrew art, folk, popular and theater music
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