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"Schlamasl mit Lokschn" - Three Humoristic Sheet Music Booklets - Jewish-Polish Singing and Dancing Quartet - The Hague

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Schlamasl mit Lokschn: Komisch-Jüdischer Singschatz, three sheet music booklets of the "Gebrüder Semmel" quartet (Jewish-Polish singing and dancing comedy quartet), by the quartet's founder, Ferdinand Semmel. The Hague: J. Kasteel, [late 19th century]. German.
Three booklets of sheet music (nos. 2, 3, and 6 from a series of ten booklets) to comic songs about Jewish life. Appearing on the booklets' covers are illustrations of the members of "Gebrüder Semmel" at various performances, and of the group's founder.
4 pp. per booklet, 32.5 cm. Good condition. Booklets 3 and 6 are attached to each other at their left margins. Stains (particularly to booklet 2). Small tears to margins of booklet 2 (the two leaves of this booklet are almost entirely detached from each other).
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