A collection of anecdotes relating to the Yiddish theater and its star actors.

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… of free improvisation... In Riteva [northwest of Kovno], Lithuania the ‘beroyges’ and ‘shalom’ dances were done … the klezmorim . [In another description, from a wedding of Lithuanian Jews in America, c. 1959:] The guests stand in a … friendship, love...all accompanied by the melody.”[Ritova, Lithuania, pre-World War II]. Grod 1947, pp. 165-68 . ( …

… Aaron Copland was born in Brooklyn, New York, to parents of Lithuanian Jewish descent. In 1917 he began studying theory …

… … Chabad - Habad … Song … Nusach - Nusah - Nusakh … Songs … Lithuania … Hasidic … Melisma … Chabad - Habad … Chabad … …

… her home and sings her the polka.” [Byalitse, near Vilna, Lithuania, pre-World War II]. Cahan 1957, p. 237, #250 . … pp. 268-69 (# 296) .  “Polka.” [[Byalitse, near Vilna, Lithuania, pre-World War II; Minsk, Russia, pre-World War …

… a tradition that developed in the areas that comprise today Lithuania, Belarus, Western Russia, Ukraine and Poland and … a tradition that developed in the areas that comprise today Lithuania, Belarus, Western Russia, Ukraine and Poland and …

… Joseph Achron was born in Lozdzieje, a small village in Lithuania . His musical genius became evident early on and … then province of the Russian Empire, now Lazdijai , Lithuania . He was initially taught violin by his father … phrases from traditional Biblical cantillation (in the Lithuanian pronunciation accustomed to him) that he believed …

… sweetness of which filled every fiber.” [Zager or Zhagare, Lithuania, late nineteenth-century].  Sachs 1928, p. 126 .  … the province of Wallachia, Bessarabia).” [Zager or Zhagare, Lithuania, late nineteenth-century].  Sachs 1928, p. 289 .  …