Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Description
Various informants recorded at Donisthorpe Hall Old People's Home in Leeds, singing Jewish songs and relating Jewish folk tales. Reverend Knopf and his wife sing an unidentified song (with piano accompaniment), composed by his father c. 1914; Reverend Knopp and his daughter sing a traditional Jewish song sung at table on the Sabbath; male sings (unaccompanied) an unidentified song; male and mixed chorus sing [2 unidentified], with accordion accompaniment; female talks about her family and a Passover meal; male relates a story about a poor family preparing for Easter; sings a song remembered from his childhood; biographical details; coming to England in 1913, career including tailoring; sings [unidentified]; tells religious stories; male talks about shops and the Market in Leeds; male informant tells a story of a Rabbi taking up a new post; Sarah Clayman sings 'The Flower' [in German]; female sings [5 unidentified] in German; Sarah Clayman sings [2 unidentified]; two females sing [2 unidentified]; Sophie Lyons describes coming to England aged eight, living in Leeds, brother's involvement in tailoring, memories of her home village in Russia; Betsy Lenin gives biographical information, and tells a story of a young boy and a game of marriage with a rich girl. Betsy Lenin continues with stories about a man and some laundry, and a woman and a long-absent husband.
Metadata
| Identifier | vwlw2k76 |
| IRN | 414684 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A633r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/vwlw2k76 |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Sofer, Zvi d |
| Date | [1965-1966] |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 17.8cm open reel spool, Duration: 75' 01". |