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.
Benzion Miller Sings a Nign from his Great-Grandfather
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Benzion Miller - world-renowned Hasidic cantor and collector and composer of nigunim (wordless melodies) - tells how his family sings a number of nigunim passed down from his great-grandfather.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Benzion Miller.
This excerpt is in English.
Benzion Miller was born in Munich, Germany in 1946.
This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.