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Isa : the people's diva
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Isa Kremer lived life to the fullest as the premiere singer of authentic Yiddish songs. The first woman to perform Yiddish songs on the concert stage, she legitimized the language as a valid and vi...
Isa Kremer lived life to the fullest as the premiere singer of authentic Yiddish songs. The first woman to perform Yiddish songs on the concert stage, she legitimized the language as a valid and vital part of Jewish culture. A classically trained opera star, Isa acted out these folk turns using her voice, gestures, and mannerisms, offering emotional and dramatic interpretations.
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- Creator
- the Women's Media Group presents ; executive producers, Women's Media Group, Inc. : Lois Barr, Maya Friedler, Selma Gordon ; director & writer, Ted Schillinger ; co-director, Nina Feinberg ; Isa Kremer Project writer, Anitra Earle
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Languages
- English, Yiddish
- Contributors
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- Kremer, Isa, 1887-1956, singer
- Schillinger, Ted, film director, screenwriter
- Feinberg, Nina, film director
- Earle, Anitra, 1939- screenwriter
- Koffman, Alex, instrumentalist
- Baer, Solomon, instrumentalist
- Benmann, Martine, instrumentalist
- Levinson, Ilya, composer (expression)
- Nadolsky, Rose, narrator
- Pickart, Ed, editor of moving image work
- Lippitz, Lori, performer
- Gray, Dieterich, director, producer
- Gideon, Alexis, editor of moving image work
- Women's Media Group
- Facets Multimedia (Chicago, Ill.)
- Publication
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- [Chicago] : Facets Multi-Media, [2012]
- ©2012
- Physical Details
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- 1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in
- digital optical mono
- video file DVD video
- OCLC
- ocn796086845
- Credits
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- Isa Kremer, vocals ; with accompanying musicians ; film music performed by Alex Koffman, violin, Solomon Baer, clarinet, Martine Benmann, cello, Ilya Levinson, piano ; Rose Nadolsky, narrator
- Camera, C.E. Augustine, David Leitner, Steve Ross ; editor, Ed Pickart ; original music composer and producer, Ilya Levinson
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2000.
- Special features: Interview with Ted Schillinger ; Isa's songs performed live by Lori Lippitz, vocal, guitar and Alex Koffman, violin, piano (members of the Maxwell Street Klezmer Band, Chicago) : Oy Avrom ; Lomir zich iberbetn ; Sha, shtil, recorded at the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation, Evanston, Ill., produced and directed by Dieterich Gray, editor, Alexis Gideon.
- DVD-R; widescreen; NTSC; monaural.
- Spoken dialog in English; songs sung in Yiddish.