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Wednesday December 25, 2024 11:15am - 12:30pm EST
D. Zisl Slepovitch will introduce and teach a number of instrumental tunes and Hasidic niggunim from the collection of Sofia Magid (1892–1954), an eminent Soviet Russian ethnmomusicologist and linguist, who was among a small handful of scholars to record Jewish communities in Volyn (Ukraine) and Palessie and Mahilyow voblasts (Belarus) on the phonograph cylinders shortly before the Holocaust. We will focus on both the rare repertoire and the styles, as heard on the unique field recordings.
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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 11:15am - 12:30pm EST
CL3 - Hebrew Union College 1 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012

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