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Bidding Information
Lot #    24428
Auction End Date    8/11/2009 11:23:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    A getreie Mame (a true mother)
Title (Hebrew)    א געטרייע מאמע
Author    [Signed Copy] Oscar Heit
City    Brooklyn, NY
Publisher    J. & J. Kammen Music Publishers
Publication Date    1925
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description
   [4] p. port. musical score 307:236 mm., light age staining, split on fold, old hand.
          
Detailed
Description
   Signed copy of A Getreie Mame (a true mother) containing the words and music (for piano) for "the latest Jewish ballad" by Oscar Heit. The lyrics are in transliterated Yiddish. J. & J. Kammen Music Publishers and Distributors was founded by the twin brothers Jack and Joseph Kammen (Jacob Kamenetsky 1888-1954? and Joseph Kamenetzky 1888-1957?) who soon moved uptown and eventually published general popular music in addition to Yiddish music. The company ceased to exist in the 1970s.
          
Reference
Description
   Passport to Jewish Music By Irene Heskes p. 197.
        
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Listing Classification
Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
America-South America:    Checked
  
Subject
Music:    Checked
  
Characteristic
Autographed:    Checked
First Editions:    Checked
Language:    English, Yiddish
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica