Goldenshteyn then settled in the Ukraine, working as a machinist while moonlighting in a local wedding band -- there he learned a wide assortment of songs of Jewish, Russian, Balkan, and Gypsy origins, diligently transcribing their lyrics and melodies in notebooks in an effort to expand the group's repertoire. When Goldenshteyn relocated to the U.S. in 1994, he brought his notebooks with him, and upon settling in Brooklyn he was feted by the musicians and archivists spearheading a klezmer revival that began in earnest two decades earlier -- many of the songs in Goldenshteyn's possession were previously undocumented, combining with his live performances and workshops to shed extraordinary new light on a Yiddish musical tradition previously known almost exclusively via old 78s. Just weeks following the release of the CD German Goldenshteyn: A Living Tradition, he suffered a fatal heart attack while fishing on Long Island on June 10, 2006. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi
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