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Film, Video The Kishineff Massacre & Domestic Musical Practice in America

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Title

  • The Kishineff Massacre & Domestic Musical Practice in America

Summary

  • Drawing on the resources of the Heskes Collection of Yiddish American Sheet Music and the Historic Sheet Music Collection, Randall Goldberg explored the Jewish American musical responses to the Kishineff Pogrom of 1903 in Russia. With a detailed look at Herman Shapiro's "Kishineff Massacre" and other works, Goldberg's talk contextualizes American artistic contributions following this awful event, which served as a catalyst for Jewish activism in the 20th century. Presented in association with the American Musicological Society.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Music Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2017-10-24.

Headings

  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Culture, Performing Arts
  • -  russia, jewish persecution, 1903, music, yiddish american music

Notes

  • -  Classification: History (General) and History of Europe.
  • -  Classification: History: America.
  • -  Classification: Music and Books on Music.
  • -  Randall Goldberg.
  • -  Recorded on 2017-10-24.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Teachers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021690642

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Music Division. The Kishineff Massacre & Domestic Musical Practice in America. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -10-24, 2017. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021690642/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Music Division, S. B. (2017) The Kishineff Massacre & Domestic Musical Practice in America. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -10-24. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021690642/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Music Division. The Kishineff Massacre & Domestic Musical Practice in America. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -10-24, 2017. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021690642/>.