The Yiddish Book Center's
Wexler Oral History Project
A growing collection of in-depth interviews with people of all ages and backgrounds, whose stories about the legacy and changing nature of Yiddish language and culture offer a rich and complex chronicle of Jewish identity.
Early Recordings of Modzitzer Hasidic Nigunim
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Velvel Pasternak, z"l, musicologist and major publisher of Jewish music, talks about some of his early work recording nigunim (traditional wordless melodies) of the Modzitz hasidic dynasty and gives insight into how songs become part of the Jewish repertoire.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Velvel Pasternak.
This excerpt is in English.
Velvel Pasternak was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1933. Velvel died in 2019.
This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.
