Great Songs of the Yiddish Stage, Volume 1 CD and the thrill of a

and the thrill of a night at the theater on old New York's fabled "Second Avenue

For well more than a century

Recorded to the highest standards of current technology as well as liturgical and musical authenticity

and thrilling world Balanchine created through his lifelong devotion to celebrating and expanding female beauty and strength—a world that

By Toni Bentley

Great Songs of the Yiddish Stage, Volume 1 CD and the thrill of aFormat: CD The American Yiddish musical theater, a vibrant expression of the immigrant experience, became famous during its heyday in the 1920s1940s. Combining the musical flavors of Viennese operetta, Tin Pan Alley, and eastern European nostalgia, these songs and duets are quintessential American popular musicwith a Yiddish voice. Volume 1 spotlights the hit songs of Abe Ellstein, one of the genre's premier songwriters. New, historically accurate