Yiddish Songs of the Gaslight Era: A Sampling of Sheet Music for Broadsides Sold by Peddlers on the Lower East Side [Yiddish]

by Jane Peppler

Thirty-nine Yiddish songs with the beautiful period sheet music cover art, with melodies and chords for piano, guitar, etc. and with transliterations and translations. These songs were popular among the Jews of Manhattan's Lower East Side around the turn of the 20th century and were found in box of songsheets (sold by street peddlers) at Hebrew Union College. Contents:

23 Skidoo
Al tashlikheynu
Der Amerikaner seder
Dem arbeters lid...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Yiddish
• ISBN: 1535367024
• ISBN13: 9781535367028
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"