Eleanor Chana Mlotek (née Gordon; April 9, 1922 – November 4, 2013) was a musicologist, specializing in Yiddish folklore. Isaac Bashevis Singer, the Yiddish writer and Nobel laureate, once called Mlotek and her husband, Joseph, “the Sherlock Holmeses of Yiddish folk songs.”[1] She was also inducted in Hunter College's Hall of Fame.[2]

WorldCat lists her as author of 70 works in 112 editions, in 6 languages.[3] They include both collections of music and exhibition catalogs of Yiddish authors. She held the position of Music Archivist at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, and was also a columnist at the Yiddish Forward for over forty years.[4][5]

She was born in Brooklyn and is the mother of Zalmen Mlotek, the artistic director of the National Yiddish Theatre - Folksbiene, and Mark Mlotek, an attorney and current treasurer of The Forward.[6]

She died November 4, 2013, at home in the Bronx at the age of 91.[7][1]

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References

  1. ^ a b Berger, Joseph (2013-11-04). "A Yiddishe Momme of Music, Chana Mlotek, Dies at 91". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
  2. ^ "Archives of Alumni Association" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Mlotek, Eleanor G. [WorldCat.org]". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
  4. ^ "Contributions of Jewish Women to Music and Women to Jewish Music". Archived from the original on March 25, 2012. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
  5. ^ Ruth R. Wisse, Review of Pearls of Yiddish Poetry (2010) on publisher's website. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  6. ^ Berger, Joseph (5 November 2013). "NYT". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
  7. ^ YIVO. "YIVO Mourns the Passing of Chana Mlotek, 1922-2013". yivo.org. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  8. ^ Mlotek, Eleanor G (May 13, 1980). S. Ansky: (Shloyme-Zanvl Rappoport) 1863-1920 : his life and works : catalog of an exhibition. YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. OCLC 10304171.
  9. ^ "Music of the Holocaust: Highlights from the Collection" United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. "Music of the Holocaust". Archived from the original on 2012-03-30. Retrieved 2012-04-09.


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