MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 03926cpcaa22006017a 4500
001 2004695176
003 DLC
005 20120112085208.0
008 040609i19731985xx eng
010 $a 2004695176
028 00 $aFR 8920$bFolkways
040 $aDLC$cDLC$eappm$dDLC
041 0 $aeng$dmul
043 $an-us---
245 00 $aAbraham A. Schwadron "Chad Gadya" collection,$f1973-1985 /$ccollected by Abraham A. Schwadron.
300 $3manuscripts$a28 folders.
300 $3sound recordings$a16 sound tape reels :$banalog, 7 1/2 ips ;$c7 in.
300 $3sound recordings$a4 sound tape reels :$banalog, various sppeds ;$c7 in.
300 $3sound recordiings$a2 sound tape reels :$banalog, various speeds ;$c5 in.
300 $3sound recording$a1 microcassette :$banalog.
300 $3sound recordings$a6 sound cassettes :$banalog.
300 $3graphic materials$a4 photographic prints :$bblack and white ;$c8 x 10 in.
545 $aAbraham A. Schwadron, musician, composer-arranger, scholar, and educator, was born in Brooklyn on December 25, 1925, where he later attended Boys' High School. He received his bachelor's degree from Rhode Island College, his master's from the University of Connecticut at Storrs, and his doctorate from Boston University. He came to UCLA in 1969, serving as Chair of the Department of Music from 1980 to 1983. The "Chad Gadya" was the focus of ten years of his research and travel to Jewish communities around the world. He died on September 23, 1987.
520 $aCollection consists of Schwadron's correspondence (1975-1985), manuscript materials, published and unpublished music transcriptions of the song, field recordings, and other materials from his research on "Chad Gadya" ("One Kid"), a Jewish song associated with Passover. It contains recordings and transcriptions of more than 160 versions of "Chad Gadya" and related songs from around the world. Some notes from and about Schwadron's informants include details about learning and transmission of the song. Four photographic prints document the donation of the collection to the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, in 1988.
524 8 $aAbraham A. Schwadron "Chad Gadya" Collection (AFC 1988/026), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
540 $aDuplication of the collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.
541 $aUrsula Schwadron;$cDonation;$d1988.
546 $aSound recordings and song texts in: Aramaic, Hebrew, Italian, Ladino, Yiddish, English, German, and Russian.
555 0 $aFinding aid available in the Folklife Reading Room and online via the American Folklife Center web pages.
581 $aCollection includes a cassette copy of the published sound recording titled "Chad gadya," edited from field and archival recordings by Abraham A. Schwadron, Folkways FR 8920 (1982).
630 00 $aḤad gadya.
650 0 $aPassover music.
650 0 $aPassover music$zUnited States.
650 0 $aPassover$xLiturgy$vTexts.
650 0 $aJews$vMusic.
650 0 $aJews$zUnited States$vMusic.
650 0 $aTradition (Judaism)
650 0 $aSongs, Aramaic.
650 0 $aFolk songs, English.
650 0 $aFolk songs, German.
650 0 $aFolk songs, Hebrew.
650 0 $aFolk songs, Italian.
650 0 $aFolk songs, Ladino.
650 0 $aFolk songs, Russian.
650 0 $aFolk songs, Yiddish.
655 7 $aCorrespondence.$2aat
655 7 $aPhotographic prints.$2gmgpc
655 7 $aField recordings.$2lcgft
700 1 $aSchwadron, Abraham A.,$ecollector.
740 02 $aChad gadya.
740 0 $aOne kid.
852 $aDLC-AFC$bArchive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center,$e101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610
856 42 $3Finding aid:$uhttp://www.loc.gov/folklife/guides/schwad.html$zTHE ABRAHAM A. SCHWADRON \