Eleanor Mlotek

Eleanor Chana Mlotek (née Gordon; April 9, 1922 – November 4, 2013) was a musicologist, specializing in Yiddish folklore. WorldCat lists her as author of 70 works in 112 editions, in 6 languages. 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. She was born in Brooklyn and is the mother of Zalmen Mlotek, the artistic director of the Folksbiene.

She died November 4, 2013 in the Bronx at the age of 91.

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