Zalmen Mlotek: 100 Years of Yiddish Theater Music March 5, 2013

Zalmen Mlotek takes us on a journey from the origins of Yiddish theater in the wine cellars of Rumania to contemporary film music. Along the way you'll hear operetta arias, humorous vaudeville ballads, backstage renditions of Fiddler on the Roof, klezmer music, a Yiddish-English version of Gilbert and Sullivan and more. As Mlotek seamlessly transforms Yiddish melodies into popular jazz numbers, prepare to learn new and amazing things about the songs you know and love.

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