Articles for creation/improvement under the general area of Yiddish musical topics, biographies and history. Feel free to edit this but please do so constructively.
Scope: Loosely intended to include any article related to Yiddish-language music, instrumental Jewish music of Yiddish-speaking communities, and performers who recorded in Yiddish at least part of the time, as well as related concepts and institutions.
If an article is listed as "Acceptable quality" below it doesn't mean it's factually correct, just that it has a good length and number of citations. Some of them may still need work.
Forms, concepts or general articles
Unassessed
Excellent quality
Acceptable quality
- Badchen
- Phrygian dominant scale ( Freygish redirects here)
Major problems
- Chabad niggunim not enough citations
- Doina not enough citations (flagged by wiki editors), quality problems
- Hora (dance) not enough citations (flagged by wiki editors)
- Jewish dance does not properly include traditional Yiddish dance
- Klezmer quality problems
- Klezmer fiddle not enough citations, quality problems
- Nigun not enough citations (flagged by wiki editors), quality problems
- Nusach (Jewish music) not enough citations (flagged by wiki editors)
- Secular Jewish music perhaps too broad, quality issues
- Ukrainian Dorian scale incoherant and quality issues
Stubs or short articles
- Broder singer
- Klezmer-loshn
- Krekhts
- Sher (dance) not enough citations (flagged by wiki editors)
- Yiddish song
Nonexistant
Biographies
Unassessed
Excellent quality
Acceptable quality
- Joseph Achron could use more citations
- Jacob Pavlovich Adler
- Julius Adler (actor)
- Chava Alberstein
- Mikhail Alexandrovich
- Israel Alter
- The Barry Sisters
- Ofer Ben-Amots
- Zelig Bardichever
- Mascha Benya
- Alan Bern
- Ben Bonus
- Joseph Brody (composer)
- Dumitru Bughici
- Don Byron
- Nellie Casman
- Joseph Cherniavsky
- Adrienne Cooper decent article, could be expanded
- Louis Danto
- Christian Dawid
- Reuben Doctor
- Abe Elenkrieg still a short article, but there is not much out there about him
- Joel Engel (composer) decent article, could use diversified sources
- Mikhail Epelbaum
- Joseph Feldman (singer)
- Fyvush Finkel
- Joseph Frankel (musician)
- Avraham Fried
- Mordechai Gebirtig
- Arkady Gendler
- Shloime Gertner
- Mikhail Gnessin
- Abraham Goldfaden well sourced but could use copy editing
- Jennie Goldstein
- Osvaldo Golijov
- Mark Glanville
- Aliza Greenblatt
- Abraham Zevi Idelsohn decent article, could use diversified sources
- Israel J. Hochman
- Moses Horowitz
- Kalman Juvelier
- Harry Kandel
- David Kessler (actor)
- Susman Kiselgof
- Henech Kon
- Wolff Kostakowsky
- David Krakauer
- Isa Kremer
- Aaron Lebedeff decent article, could be expanded
- Max Leibowitz
- Shulem Lemmer
- Yaakov Lemmer
- Margot Leverett
- Nechama Lifshitz
- Isidore Lillian
- Pepi Litman
- Sofia Magid
- Itzik Manger
- Zalmen Mlotek
- Sigmund Mogulesko
- Abraham Moskowitz
- Sam Musiker
- Mark Olf
- Simon Paskal
- Molly Picon
- Pierre Pinchik
- Shloyme Prizament could use more sources and copyediting
- Yossele Rosenblatt (style section has been flagged for citations)
- Vera Rozanka
- Joel Rubin
- Mark Rubin (musician)
- Ruth Rubin
- Jacob Schaefer (composer)
- Anshel Schorr
- Abe Schwartz
- Frank Seiden
- Nathaniel Shilkret
- Zinovy Shulman
- Alicia Svigals
- Dave Tarras decent article, could be expanded
- Bessie Thomashefsky
- Boris Thomashefsky
- Ben Zion Shenker
- Florence Weiss
- David Werdyger (could use more diverse sources)
- Herman Yablokoff
- Velvel Zbarjer
- Eliakum Zunser
Major problems
- Efim Alexandrov not enough citations (flagged by wiki editors)
- Benny Bell not enough citations (flagged by wiki editors)
- Moisei Beregovsky not enough citations
- Geoff Berner not enough citations (flagged by wiki editors)
- Giora Feidman not enough citations
- Dudu Fisher not enough citations (flagged by wiki editors)
- Isadore Freed not enough citations
- Leo Fuld not enough citations (flagged by wiki editors)
- Maurice Goldman not enough citations
- Emil Gorovets not enough citations
- Israel Grodner not enough citations
- Josef Gusikov not enough citations and J.Horowitz mentioned many of the facts are wrong
- Mordechai Hershman
- Alex Jacobowitz not enough citations (flagged by wiki editors)
- Bertha Kalich not enough citations (flagged by wiki editors)
- Psoy Korolenko has a lot of info but does not cite sources nor properly arranged
- Hankus Netsky not enough citations (flagged by wiki editors)
- Frank London not enough citations
- Lillian Lux a lot of citations, but it has been flagged by wikipedia for being biased
- Hankus Netsky not enough citations (flagged by wiki editors)
- Moishe Oysher not enough citations
- Lev Pulver not enough citations (flagged by wiki editors), formatting issues
- Israel Rosenberg not enough citations (flagged by wiki editors)
- Joseph Rumshinsky not enough citations
- Lazare Saminsky not enough citations
- Boris Sandler not enough citations
- Henry Sapoznik has a decent number of citations, but article does not flow properly
- Martha Schlamme not enough citations (flagged by wiki editors)
- Leon Schwartz not enough citations
- Sholom Secunda not enough citations (flagged by wiki editors)
- Solomon Smulewitz not enough citations (flagged by wiki editors)
- Andy Statman not enough citations (flagged by wiki editors)
- Yale Strom not enough citations (flagged by wiki editors)
- Karsten Troyke not enough citations
- Yeedle Werdyger not enough citations (flagged by wiki editors)
- Yetta Zwerling not enough citations (flagged by wiki editors)
- Zalmen Zylbercweig not enough citations
Stubs or short articles
- Michael Alpert
- Sidney Beckerman (musician)
- Sidor Belarsky
- Shaul Berezovsky
- Mina Bern
- Abraham Binder
- Naftule Brandwein
- Berl Broder
- Judah Leib Cahan
- Alter Chudnover
- William Dory
- Yoni Eilat
- Yom-Tov Ehrlich
- Abraham Ellstein
- Lipa Feingold
- Mikhl Gelbart
- Louis Gilrod
- Clara Gold
- German Goldenshteyn
- Max Goldin
- Gus Goldstein
- Solomon Golub
- Sarah Gorby has some citations but still very short
- Marina Gordon
- Anna Guzik (variety artist)
- Annetta Grodner
- Max Helfman
- Zeydl Shmuel-Yehuda Helman
- Nechama Hendel
- Jeremiah Hescheles
- Anna Hoffman
- Daniel Hoffman (violinist)
- Jacob Hoffman (musician)
- Elaine Hoffman-Watts
- Jacob Jacobs (theater)
- Hymie Jacobson
- Lin Jaldati
- Meyer Kanewsky
- Sholom Katz
- Abe Katzman
- Menachem Kipnis
- Igor S. Korntayer
- Itzikl Kramtweiss
- Bina Landau
- Joseph Lateiner
- Keni Liptzin
- Leo Low
- Avraham-Yehoshua Makonovetsky
- David Meyerowitz
- Eleanor Mlotek
- Joseph Moskowitz
- Alexander Olshanetsky
- Fraydele Oysher
- Pedotser
- Arnold Perlmutter
- Seymour Rexite
- Avrom Reyzen
- Elie Rosenblatt
- Morris Rosenfeld
- Pete Rushefsky
- Ludwig Satz has some citations but still very short
- David Schiff
- Art Shryer
- Lorin Sklamberg
- Menasha Skulnik
- Mark Slobin
- Leon Stein
- H. Steiner
- Stempenyu
- Ada Svetlova
- Sidi Tal
- David Tamkin
- Ilia Trilling
- Rhea Silberta
- Socalled
- Jacob Spivakofsky
- Joachim Stutschewsky
- Mark Warshawsky
- Lazar Weiner
- Ben-Zion Witler
- Herman Wohl
- Max Yankowitz
- Oscar Zehngut
Nonexistant
- Hyman Adler tenor b.1886 Q111456710
- Hyman Altman Q114560813
- Israel Bakon Q20608664
- Louis Birnbaum tenor b.1884 Q111456742
- Leonid Bolotine Q107333082
- Leonard Braun tenor Q111456754
- Morris Browda composer and choral director Q114173936
- Samuel Bugatch Q108947266
- David Eshet Q101403802
- Walter Zev Feldman
- Jacob Gegna
- Henri Gerro
- Morris Goldstein links to a subsection about a cantor but not the composer
- Samuel Gozinsky
- Julius Guttmann links to a rabbi but not the Yiddish theatre singer
- Benjamin Haitovsky
- Nathan Hollander
- Julius Jaffe
- Pinchos Jassinowsky
- Adolph King
- Max Kletter
- Max Kortchmaroff
- Chaim Kotylansky
- Phillip Laskowsky
- Henry Lefkowitch
- Marty Levitt (musician)
- Dale Lind
- Leo Liov
- Annie Lubin
- Isaac Lubritsky
- Saul Lyubimov
- Adolph Mann
- Gregory Matusevich
- Ray Musiker
- Abe Neff
- Raasche
- Maurice Rauch
- Morris Rund
- Henry Alexander Russotto AKA Chaim Russotta
- Peretz Sandler
- Nicholas Saslavsky (Nisim / Nikolai Zaslavsky)
- Ilya Aleksandrovich Sats
- Itzik Schwartz-Kara
- Samuil Senderei
- Herman S. Shapiro
- Abraham Singer article links to Russian-Jewish Hebrew writer .. different from music composer?
- Zalmen Skuditsky
- Pete Sokolow
- Josef Solinski
- Gershon Spunt
- Joseph Tanzman
- Rudy Tepel
- Albert Teres
- Chaim Towber
- Grisha Tsatskis
- Mishka Tsiganoff
- Joshua Samuel Weisser
- Berele Zaltsman
- Zavel Zilberts
Songs, novels, plays, etc.
Unassessed
Excellent quality
Acceptable quality
- Fidler Afn Dakh
- Hava Nagila
- My Yiddishe Momme
- Oh Chanukah
- Oyfn Pripetshik
- The Dybbuk: An opera in Yiddish
- The Sorceress (Di Kishefmakhern)
Major problems
- The Songs of the Jewish Shtetle not enough citations, unclear writing
- Zog nit keyn mol not enough citations
Stubs or short articles
- A Khasene in Shtetl
- Der Rebbe Elimelech
- Di Shvue
- I Have a Little Dreidel
- In Zaltsikn Yam
- It is Burning
- Odessa Mama (song)
- Papirosn
- Raisins and Almonds
- Shtil, di nakht iz oysgeshternt
- Songs of the Vilna Ghetto
- Stempenyu
- Tates, mames, kinderlekh
- Tumbalalaika
Nonexistant
Ensembles, bands, or groups
Unassessed
Excellent quality
Acceptable quality
- Amsterdam Klezmer Band
- Belf's Romanian Orchestra
- Beyond the Pale (band)
- Kammen Brothers
- Milken Archive of Jewish Music
- Yiddish Philharmonic Chorus
- Zamir Chorale of Boston
Major problems
- Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band not enough citations and quality problems (flagged by wiki editors)
- The Klezmatics not enough citations (flagged by wiki editors)
- Malavsky Family not enough citations (flagged by wiki editors)
- Ovitz family not enough citations (flagged by wiki editors)
Stubs or short articles
- Brave Old World
- Budowitz
- Daniel Kahn & the Painted Bird
- Di Naye Kapelye
- Epstein Brothers Orchestra
- Festival of Jewish Culture in Warsaw
- Klezmer Conservatory Band
- Kolsimcha – The World Quintet low quality "promotional" article
- Metropolitan Klezmer not enough citations (flagged by wiki editors)
- Tikva Records
- Veretski Pass (band)
- Zimro Ensemble
