Broder singer
The Broderzinger (
The first written records of the Broder singers are the remarks of Jews passing through Brody, which was a trading center on a major route of travel ("a stopping point on the travels of Russian Jewish merchants to and from the Leipzig fair."[1]). These records are generally disapproving of the singing of songs when no religious occasion called for music.
Later the term Broder Singer was applied to performers who had no connection with Brody.
Among the most famous Broder singers were Berl Margulis - better known as Berl Broder (1815–1868) - and Moyshe Prizament and his son Shloyme Prizament. Some of Berl Broder's original songs, along with the works of his son and grandson who continued the tradition of secular Yiddish writing, can be found in his grandson Ber Margulies' book Dray doyres̀ lider fun Berl Broder (Margulies), feliṭonen fun Yom Hatsyoni (YitsḥaḳMargulies), poemen un lider fun Ber Margulies (1957) (free online download from the Yiddish Book Center).
References
- ^ a b c "YIVO | Songs and Songwriters". yivoencyclopedia.org. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
- ^ https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0019_0_19780.html Jewish virtual library
- ^ Zalmen Zylbercweig, Leksikon fun Yidishn teater, Book one, pp. 216-217
External links
- The Brody Singers translated accounts in the Brody Yizkor book.