Mark Olf: Yiddish Folk Songs for Children (CD)
Mark Olf (1905-1987) was a composer and singer of Yiddish and Hebrew songs. Olf emigrated to the U.S. from Russia
when he was young; he later recorded some of the songs he had heard as a child, toured the country performing, and
taught music at the Henry Street Settlement on the Lower East Side, Queens College (CUNY), and the University of Rhode
Island. On this recording-one of four he made for Folkways Records-he sings fanciful Yiddish songs for children. Some
have known authors, including two songs with lyrics by Aliza Greenblatt, the mother-in-law of Woody Guthrie and
grandmother of Arlo. Yiddish, which incorporates elements of German, Hebrew, and Slavic languages, was the primary
secular language of the Jews in Eastern Europe. Liner notes provide English translations, English transliterations of the
Yiddish, and the original Yiddish texts.
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