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Constructing the Ruth Rubin Legacy Digital Exhibit: A Critical Methodology

Mon, December 17, 3:00 to 4:30pm, Seaport Hotel & World Trade Center, Harborview 3 Ballroom

Abstract

Eleanore Biezunski is a Yiddish musician and performer, and consultant at the YIVO Sound Archives. Together with Sound Archivist Lorin Sklamberg, she created the Ruth Rubin Legacy digital exhibit, which highlights the renowned vocalist and scholar's collection of over 1,500 Yiddish lider (songs) performed by some of the most extraordinary traditional singers of the 20th century, including Rubin herself. The 78rpm acetate discs, reel-to-reel tapes and cassettes recorded by Rubin between 1946 and the 1970s are in the process of being painstakingly re-assembled and are made truly accessible there for the first time. Ruth Rubin's entire life's work can be found on this site: field recordings, lectures, concerts, radio interviews, videos, manuscripts and published materials. Eleanore will discuss her methodology in creating the digital exhibit, and challenges going forward as the project continues to expand.

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