Henry Carrey of San Francisco, CA. lectured on The History of Yiddish Song at KlezCalifornia’s 2010 Yiddish Culture Festival.
A historical overview of Yiddish song from the early 19th century to the present. Nigunim and the effect of nigunim and khazones (cantorial singing) on songs; folk songs and folkshtimlikhe lider; art songs and theatre songs. Illustrated with recorded selections. Handouts and the opportunity to sing one or two songs.
Biography:
(San Francisco) Henry Hirsch Carrey is a Boston native and graduate of the Workmen’s Circle mitlshul. He is the son of Yiddish radio star Leyke Post and the brother of Yiddish actor/singer David Carrey. Henry was a member of the San Francisco Lamplighters Gilbert & Sullivan troupe for thirteen years, performing in a variety of roles. In New York, he sang with the Congregation Beth Simhat Torah Community Chorus, Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus and the New Yiddish Chorale. He has acted in several purimshpils produced by the Folksbiene Yiddish Theater, and performed as Der Groyser General in the Yiddish Pirates of Penzance and as the villain Papus in Goldfaden’s Bar Kochba. At KlezKamp in 2005, he sang Ahasuerus in Itzik Manger’s Megillah. He now sings with the San Francisco Jewish Folk Chorus and the Congregation Sha’ar Zahav Choir.
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