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Robert Cohen lecture, New Haven, CT, Oct 12

350 logoTuesday, October 12th / 7:30pm
The Immigrant Experience in Song: Music as Social History with Historian Robert Cohen

A journey in sound comprising reading and recordings from specific historical time periods: from American-bound ships to Ellis Island; from anthems to sweat shop songs; from lullabies and laments to the rollicking songs of the Yiddish theater.

This event is the first part of a 3 part series entitled:
Jewish-American Music.

2nd part- Tuesday, November 30th (Jewish Music into the Mainstream: Themes in Popular, Classical & Folk)
3rd part- Tuesday, December 21st (American-Jewish Music Comes of Age)

$15 per lecture/$40 for entire series

Jewish Community Center of Greater New Haven
360 Amity Road, Woodbridge, CT 06525
Call Willa: 203-387-2522 x295

Posted by Ari Davidow on October 12, 2004 7:30 PM |

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