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Feb 21 2021

Possessed Voices: Aural Remains from Modernist Hebrew Theater

Cover of book related to book talk called Possessed Voices Aural Remains from Modernist Hebrew Theater sponsored by the Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience
lectures-symposia

In this book talk, theatre scholar Ruthie Abeliovich of The University of Haifa discusses her new book Possessed Voices: Aural Remains form Modernist Hebrew Theater where she'll share her insights gained through her unique approach using 1920s audio recordings to investigate various plays, such as the Eternal Jew and The Dybbuk.

Respondents include:

Peter Kazaras, Director of Opera UCLA, The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

Mark Slobin, Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music Emeritus, Wesleyan University

This event is made possible by the Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, the UCLA Mickey Katz Endowed Chair in Jewish Music, the UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies, and the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies.

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The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is eager to provide a variety of accommodations and services for access and communications. If you would like to request accommodations, please do so 10 days in advance of the event by emailing ADA@schoolofmusic.ucla.edu or calling (310) 825-0174.

Acknowledgment

The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (the Los Angeles basin and So. Channel Islands). As a land grant institution, we pay our respects to the Honuukvetam (Ancestors), ‘Ahiihirom (Elders) and ‘Eyoohiinkem (our relatives/relations) past, present and emerging.