Great Songs of the Yiddish Stage, Volume 1 CD For well more than a

For well more than a century

and recitations to elaborate choral settings and familiar congregational melodies

and the thrill of a night at the theater on old New York's fabled "Second Avenue

became famous during its heyday in the 1920s–1940s

and thrilling world Balanchine created through his lifelong devotion to celebrating and expanding female beauty and strength—a world that

Great Songs of the Yiddish Stage, Volume 1 CD For well more than aFormat: CD The American Yiddish musical theater, a vibrant expression of the immigrant experience, became famous during its heyday in the 1920s1940s. Combining the musical flavors of Viennese operetta, Tin Pan Alley, and eastern European nostalgia, these songs and duets are quintessential American popular musicwith a Yiddish voice. Volume 1 spotlights the hit songs of Abe Ellstein, one of the genre's premier songwriters. New, historically accurate