Young, Izzy, 1928-2019
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Variants
- Young, Israel, 1928-2019
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1928-03-26
Death Date
- 2019-02-04
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1973
- Affiliation End: 2018-11
- Organization: Folklore Centrum
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1957-04
- Affiliation End: 1973
- Organization: Folklore Center (New York, N.Y.)
Birth Place
- Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
Occupation
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Sources
- found: The conscience of the folk revival, 2013:t.p. (Israel "Izzy" Young) ecip galley (b. Mar. 26, 1928)
- found: New York times WWW site, viewed Feb. 6, 2019(in obituary published Feb. 5: Izzy Young; b. Israel Goodman Young, Mar. 26, 1928, Lower East Side of Manhattan; reared in the Bronx; d. Monday [Feb. 4, 2019], Stockholm, aged 90; his Greenwich Village shop, the Folklore Center, was the beating heart of the midcentury folk music revival; in 1961, he presented the first New York concert by a young Bob Dylan; opened the Folklore Center in Apr. 1957; it moved to Sixth Avenue in 1965; eight years later, after being transfixed by traditional Swedish fiddle music, Young closed the store and relocated to Stockholm, where he opened the Folklore Centrum; in Nov. 2018, the center announced that it would be closing at the end of the month)
LC Classification
- ML429.Y68
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Change Notes
- 2012-08-13: new
- 2019-02-06: revised
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