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Wednesday December 25, 2024 9:30am - 10:45am EST
In his talk, Dr. D. Zisl Slepovitch will introduce the figure of Sofia Magid (1892—1954), an eminent Soviet Russian ethnomusicologist and linguist who, among a small handful of scholars, documented the last moments of the vibrant Jewish musical tradition in Ukraine and Belarus shortly before World War Two. Dr. Slepovitch will discuss the uneasy fate of Sofia Magid’s scholarly legacy, as well as its life on the arts scene and academic work in the 1990’s through the present day, including Slepovitch’s own work with these unique materials.
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Zisl Slepovitch

D. Zisl Slepovitch, a native of Minsk, Belarus (in US since 2008) is a musicologist his primary field of interest being Jewish music in Eastern Europe (Ph.D., Belarusian State Academy of Music,), klezmer, classical, and improvising multi-instrumentalist musician, conductor / music... Read More →
Wednesday December 25, 2024 9:30am - 10:45am EST
506 - Hebrew Union College 1 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012

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