University of North Texas
Holocaust Song Literature: Expressing the Human Experiences and Emotions of the Holocaust through Song Literature, Focusing on Song Literature of Hirsh Glick, Mordechai Gebirtig, and Simon Sargon
Abstract
dc:descriptionDuring the years of the Holocaust, song literature was needed to fulfill the unique needs of people caught in an unimaginable nightmare. The twelve years between 1933 and 1945 were filled with a brutal display of man's inhumanity to man. Despite the horrific conditions or perhaps because of them, the Jewish people made music, and in particular, they sang. Whether built on a new or an old melody, the Holocaust song literature continues to speak to those of us who are willing to listen. This body of work tells the world that these people lived, suffered, longed for vengeance, loved, dreamed, prayed, and tragically, died. This repertoire of songs is part of the legacy, the very soul of the Jewish people. This study contains a brief look at the historical circumstances, and through the song literature of Hirsh Glick, Mordechai Gebirtig and Simon Sargon, life within the ghetto, the concentration camp, the decisions families had to make, the choices to fight back against incredible odds, the place of faith within this nightmare, and a look at the lives and works of the composers themselves.
Degree
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- University of North Texas
- Year dc:date
- 2005
Author and committee
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- Nedvin, Brian
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Eustis, Lynn
- Austin, Stephen F.
- Snider, Jeffrey
Subjects
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- Public
- Copyright
- Nedvin, Brian
- Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.
- Language dc:language
- English
Identifiers
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oclc: 69926704
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4850/
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