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.

New Directions: Exploring the World of Transylvanian Lullabies

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Benjamin Fox-Rosen, klezmer musician, describes an ongoing musical project he's been working on involving collecting Transylvanian lullabies and arranging them for bass and electronics.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Benjamin Fox-Rosen.

This excerpt is in English.

Benjamin Fox-Rosen was born in Los Angeles, California in 1984.

This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.

Other video highlights from this oral history

Staging Folkloric Traditions: Performativity in Klezmer and Cantorial Music

2 min 49 sec

Benjamin Fox-Rosen's Advice to Young Musicians

1 min 26 sec

Exploring the Relationship Between Liturgical Music and Klezmer

4 min 34 sec

Orthodoxy and Reformation: Judaism and Religious Observance in Vienna

4 min 10 sec

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