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Sapoznik, Henry H.

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    Sapoznik, Henry H.

    1953-

    (Living)

    Folklorist, musicologist, writer and collector of Yiddish radio broadcasts and American Yiddish cultural legacy materials. 

    https://www.henrysapoznik.com

    He co-produced a 10-part NPR series “The Yiddish Radio Project,” drawn from his collection of over 10,000 items now part of an archive that he created at the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress, Washington DC.

    Author in English of books:

    The Compleat Klezmer with with Pete Sokolow (Tara Publications, 1982), 80 pp. Book with companion CD.

    Klezmer! Jewish Music from Old World to Our World (Schirmer Trade Books, 2011), 402 pp.

    The Tourist's Guide to Lost Yiddish New York City (State University of New York Press, 2025), 506 pp.

    An online free companion interactive map of historical Yiddish cultural locations in NYC.

    Sapoznik is also a musician performing Southern American music. 

    [Note -- This page needs research and expansion./sry]

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