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The Autobiography of the Offenbacher

Yale Strom

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The Autobiography of the Offenbacher

Yale Strom

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    The Autobiography of the Offenbacher traces the life of a storied violin as it witnesses the history of Central and Eastern European Jewry from the late eighteenth to the late twentieth century. Crafted by a Jewish master luthier from Offenbach, Germany, the violin becomes the narrator of its own journey, passing through Jewish and non-Jewish musicians whose lives and art resonate on its strings. Its path leads from German inns to Czarist Russia, through pogroms and World War I, to Yiddish cabarets in Poland, the Holocaust, the East Bloc years, and finally a transformed Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

    With each new musician and family, the Offenbacher absorbs shifting cultures, historical upheavals, and the evolving voice of Klezmer music. Its odyssey honors a people's spirit, struggles, and joys, showing how life, love, and hope can imbue an instrument with a legacy that sings far beyond its music. In the end, the Offenbacher's long trek becomes a testament to endurance, memory, and the power of song.

    ISBN : 978-1-83543-500-7

    Scheduled: 05/05/2026

    Pages : 378

    Size : 234x156

    Imprint : Olympia Publishers

    Yale Strom

    Yale Strom is one of the world’s leading ethnographer-artists of klezmer and Romani music, history, and culture. With his masters in Yiddish Studies (NYU), Strom conducted numerous ethnographic research trips to Central and Eastern Europe. His findings formed the repertoire of his klezmer band, Hot Pstromi. In addition, his research has been used to direct ten award-winning documentary films, write eighteen books, write two award-winning audio dramas, record seventeen music recordings, and have many photo exhibitions in North America and Europe. Strom currently teaches in the music department at San Diego State University.

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