![]() ![]() The layout of the book indicates that it can serve as a musician’s performing edition. ![]() Music from informants has not been altered by “adaptation, stan¬dardization, and harmonization” typical of other publications. While the folk nature of Yiddish song means that true origins will never be definitively ascertained, the value of this anthology lies in its stark originality. The YIVO Archive, which received the near-finished manuscript of this book among her materials, is releasing it with her notations intact. This anthology of Yiddish folksongs from “the mouth of the people” is a posthumous edition primarily prepared by Ruth Rubin nearly 20 years ago. Yiddish Folksongs from the Ruth Rubin Archive. ![]()
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