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Soviet Jewish folklorist and ethnomusicologist (1892–1961) In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs , the patronymic is Iakovlevich and the family name is Beregovsky . Moisei Beregovsky (1892 – 12 August 1961, Russian : Моисей Яковлевич Береговский , romanized : Moisey Yakovlevich Beregovsky ; Yiddish : משה אהרן בערעגאָװסקי , romanized : Moyshe Aron Beregovski ) was a Soviet Jewish folklorist , musicologist and ethnomusicologist from the Ukrainian SSR who was a key figure in the study of Jewish music. He collected, studied and published about klezmer music, Yiddish song , wordless nigun melodies, and the music of Purim plays . His published collections, mostly only released after his death, remain important sources of Jewish music from the late Russian Empire and early Soviet period. Most of his research was done during the period of 1927–1949, during the Stalin era , during which he was faced not only with ideological restrictions, but a period of imprisonment in a forced labour camp from 1950 to 1955. He was rehabilitated after 1955 and continued his work in his final years during the Khrushchev-era .
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Moisei Iakovlevich Beregovsky (Russian: Моисей Яковлевич Береговский ) (1892 – 1961) (the Hebrew first name is משה Moshe -for Moses , surname Beregovski or Beregovskii ,in Yiddish בערעגאווסקי), was a Soviet era (currently split between the Russian and Ukrainian ) Jewish folklorist and ethnomusicologist . He has been called the "foremost ethnomusicologist of Eastern European Jewry".
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Moisei Iakovlevich Beregovsky (Russian: Моисей Яковлевич Береговский ) (1892 – 1961) ( Yiddish : משה אהרן בערעגאָווסקי - Moyshe Arn Beregovski -- his Jewish first name has often been rendered as Moshe in English-language publications; surname Beregovski or Beregovskii ), was a Soviet-era Jewish folklorist and ethnomusicologist from Ukraine , who published mainly in Russian and Yiddish. He has been called the "foremost ethnomusicologist of Eastern European Jewry".
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Soviet Jewish folklorist and ethnomusicologist Moisei Iakovlevich Beregovsky (Russian: Моисей Яковлевич Береговский , Moyshe Arn Beregovski ; 1892–1961) was a Soviet Jewish folklorist and ethnomusicologist from Ukraine , who published mainly in Russian and Yiddish. He has been called the "foremost ethnomusicologist of Eastern European Jewry".
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soviet jewish folklorist and ethnomusicologist from ukraine
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soviet jewish folklorist
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