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Pinkasova, Yafa (Tohfaxân), 1928-2010

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Yafa Pinkhasova was born in Bukhara, Uzbekistan on October 5, 1928 and died in Denver, Colorado September 10, 2010. She married Rakhim Pinkhasov in Bukhara in 1952. He was born in 1928 in Bukhara and died in 2006. Tohfaxân Pinkasova sang traditional songs from the women's Sozanda style of music of the Bukharian Jewish and Tajik/Uzbek people of Central Asia.

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Tofahan Pinkhasova Music and Papers

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Identifier: B337
Abstract Yafa Pinkhasova was born in Bukhara, Uzbekistan on October 5, 1928 and died in Denver, Colorado September 10, 2010. She married Rakhim Pinkhasov in Bukhara in 1952. He was born in 1928 in Bukhara and died in 2006. Tohfaxân Pinkasova sang traditional songs from the women's Sozanda style of music of the Bukharian Jewish and Tajik/Uzbek people of Central Asia. Collection contains a monograph of songs, an LP record of Jewish Bukharan singer, Tohfaxân (Yafa) Pinkasova, flyers, and journal...
Dates: 1986-1998