Anthology of Yiddish Folksongs [Hebrew]

Mark Warshavsky was born in Odessa in 1848 and was a poet-composer of many famous Yiddish folksongs. It was Sholom Aleichem who first "discovered" Warshavsky with whom he often appeared in cultural evenings in Kiev. Like some of the early songs of Gebirtig - Warshavsky's songs too became folksongs, the lyrics and melodies spread like wildfire among the Jewish masses. The appearance of Warshavsky's Der Alef Beys, or as it quicky became known from...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Hebrew
• ISBN: 9654933500
• ISBN13: 9789654933506
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Hebrew University Magnes Press
• Length: 260 Pages