YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

Concert & Art Music in East European Jewish Tradition


		YIVO Encyclopedia Extracts, No. 2 A booklet of articles from The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe (2008; Yale University Press), with illustrations, on the subject of Jewish participation in concert, or "classical," music. In addition to a survey article on the subject, articles include "Music and the Holocaust," "Musical Education and Musical Societies," biographies of Yo'el Engel and other notable artists, and a featured document from the YIVO Archives—sheet music of an art song by Engel that is a setting of a poem by Hayim Nahman Bialik.



		28 pages \| $3.00 Available for purchase at the Fanya Gottesfeld Heller Bookstore at the Center for Jewish History (917-606-8220). YIVO members receive a 10 percent discount.