Papers of Dorothy Osofsky
Collection
Identifier: RG 1178
Scope and Contents
The collection relates to Osofsky's field work for the JFMB and consists of approximately 100 cassettes of interviews and recorded songs, as well as slides, photographs, songsheets, scholarly papers, and administrative records.
Dates
- Creation: 1939 - 1979
Creator
- Osofsky, Dorothy, -1979 (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Jewish musicologist. Created the Jewish Family Music Bank at the American Jewish Congress, 1978-1979. The JFMB recorded Jewish professional musicians such as folksinger Masha Benya and the composer Samuel Bugatch, as well as amateur singers in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Extent
6 Boxes (5 5" legal, 1 carton)
Language of Materials
English
Yiddish
Subject
- Bugatch, Samuel, 1898-1984 (Person)
- Jewish Family Music Bank (New York, N.Y.) (Organization)
- American Jewish Congress (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Occupation
- Conductors (Music)
- Folk singers
- Jewish composers
- Jewish musicians
- Musical instrument makers
- Musicologists
Topical
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research Repository
