Abraham A. Schwadron "Chad Gadya" Collection (AFC 1988/026), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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Ursula Schwadron; Donation; 1988.

Abraham 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.

Sound recordings and song texts in: Aramaic, Hebrew, Italian, Ladino, Yiddish, English, German, and Russian.

Finding aid available in the Folklife Reading Room and online via the American Folklife Center web pages.

Collection 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).