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Makofsky, Max

Title

Makofsky, Max

Subject

Bornin Tiktin, Lomzer Gub. 1880.
Came to the U.S.A. in 1903.
Learned some of his songs when he worked in Trestina.
[From blue index, RG 620, box 30]

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Di meydelekh vos viln vern kales

Title

Di meydelekh vos viln vern kales

Date

1948

Description

First few words:
The young girls who want to become brides,
don’t have the means to get married - there is great poverty.
Those that want to study need to dress as men as in Parisian magazines.
In 3/4 meter. Song cut off.

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Mashke lomir trinken brider

Title

Mashke lomir trinken brider

Date

1948

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A mentsh vert keyn mol nit mid

Title

A mentsh vert keyn mol nit mid

Date

1948

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A bayshpil ken ikh aykh mentshn gebn

Title

A bayshpil ken ikh aykh mentshn gebn

Date

1948

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Oy, ir yorn, yunge yorn

Title

Oy, ir yorn, yunge yorn

Date

1948

Description

[Note on typewritten tape log in tape box:] Fragment. [Possible problem with tape speed of many or all tracks on Tape 25.]

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Oy, elnt, elnt

Title

Oy, elnt, elnt

Date

1948

Description

[Possible problem with tape speed of many or all tracks on Tape 25.]

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Max Makofsky talks about his life and work

Title

Max Makofsky talks about his life and work

Date

1948

Description

[Note on typewritten tape log in tape box:] Max Makofsky talks about his life and work. [Possible problem with tape speed of many or all tracks on Tape 25.]

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Mashke lomir trinken brider

Title

Mashke lomir trinken brider

Date

1948

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Mashke lomir trinken brider

Title

Mashke lomir trinken brider

Date

1948

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Ikh alter man

Title

Ikh alter man

Date

1948

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Di shrit fun tiranen

Title

Di shrit fun tiranen

Date

1948

Description

[Note in LOC Ruth Rubin Catalog, not in either tape box or YIVO black book] Note: Some of these songs (as others in this collection) have been retained in the memory of the singers for as long as 50 years. Consequently, the contamination of “Anglicism” (or Americanisms) in their spoken language as well as their song literature is a natural phenomenon. This “contamination” is not due to creating variants to the songs…in most cases…

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Ikh gey iber felder

Title

Ikh gey iber felder

Date

1948

Description

[Note in the LOC tape box} In this category of song, which spans the last quarter of the 19th century and into the 20th, there are a number of songs of literary origin. The poems of David Edelshtat, Morris Winchevsky, Morris Rosenfeld, A. Litvin and others, were popular in both the American-Yiddish-speaking community and the East European Yiddish-speaking community. However, variants were created more in the East European community.

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Der malekhl der giter

Title

Der malekhl der giter

Date

1948

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