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Soviet Yiddish Theater (GOSET) medley: (13.) Ney Taxim / Tailor's Sher and (14.) Striver's Sher

Though eventually destroyed by Stalin, Moscow's Soviet Yiddish Theater ['Gosudarstv'ennyj Jevrejskij Teatr: GOSET'] flourished in the early USSR, best-known for its beloved lead actor, later also director, Solomon Mikhoels. Musicals staged by this company were enormously popular among Jews and non-Jews, and even during the height of anti-Semitic terror campaigns, some fans held onto their souvenir recordings, which in a few cases even survived the sieges and bombings of WWII Russia...
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from Traveling Show, released July 1, 2007
Ney Taxim: Michael Hess; Tailor's Sher by Lev Pulver, based on folk traditionals; transcribed and arranged by Debra Kreisberg with Rick Faulkner and Eve Sicular

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Metropolitan Klezmer New York, New York

METROPOLITAN KLEZMER, established in 1994, brings eclectic exuberance to Yiddish musical genres from all over the map. Performing vibrant versions of lesser-known gems from wedding dance, trance, folk, swing and tango styles, as well as soundtrack material from vintage Yiddish films, they re-invent tradition with both irreverence and respect… an exhilarating journey! ... more

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