Musicals

This collection contains approximately 238 pieces of original Irving Berlin sheet music.

Photographs, mementos, and album recordings of the Kadimah Group of Hadassah, Central Chapter, Brooklyn Region, documenting their performances in Yiddish of Gilbert and Sullivan’s musicals, Pirates of Penzance and H.M.S. Pinafore.

Programs, news clippings, and other materials relating to Ellstein's career.

Recordings produced by the Greater Recording Company. Includes cantorial, Yiddish and Israeli folk and Yiddish theater music.

The collection consists of tape recordings, photographs, scrapbooks, sheet music and lyrics relating to the Stamblers' activities as collectors and record producers. Included are a series of unique field recordings of Hasidic, cantorial, folk, Sephardic and theater music. Hasidic groups recorded include Stoliner, Modzitzer, Gerer, Chabad, Vizhnitz, Bobov. Live recordings of orchestras at Jewish weddings. Photographs and other materials relating to cantors. Stills and biographical notes from the film The Voices of Israel, World's Greatest Cantors, produced by Judea Films, ca. 1931.

Printed and manuscript sheet music including folksongs, oratorios, cantatas, liturgical music, choral works, dance music. Programs, clippings and photographs of Eugene Malek.

Manuscripts of about 50 Yiddish theater songs and parts of operettas. Photographs, clippings and programs relating to the careers of I. Grossman and D. Goldberg.

The papers relate to the theatrical careers of Witler and Lerer. The bulk of the collection is comprised of playscripts including scripts with musical scores. In addition, there are photographs of B.Z. Witler and a scrapbook of his obituaries.