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Harry Oster
Dr. Harry Oster (April 12, 1923 – January 19, 2001) was an American folklorist and musicologist.
Biography
Oster was the firstborn of Jacob and Sarah, Russian-Polish Jews, who emigrated to Cambridge, Massachusetts.
After one year in college, he was enlisted in January 1943 to serve as a weather observer, graduated from Columbia Business School with an MBA and became a firm manager. He went on to Harvard University to receive a BA (1946), and to Cornell University for an MA (1950) and PhD in English (1953). He worked as an assistant in the Cornell department and helped to organize folk-themed public events.
From 1955 he taught at Louisiana State University, English department. In 1956 he was among the three founders of the Louisiana Folklore Society, through which he issued his recordings of folk music from Louisiana, although the society did not fund them. The early material included Cajun music from Mamou.Louisiana Folksong Jambalaya is a collection of folk songs sung by himself.
Oster
Oster (Ukrainian: Осте́р, Russian: Остёр) is a city located where the Oster River flows into the Desna in Chernihiv Oblast of Ukraine. As of January 1, 2005, its population is 7,100.
Today Oster is a river port with a cotton-textile factory and a food industry. Some parts of the old fortress in Oster and the remains of the tiny Saint Michael's Church (a.k.a. Yurii's Temple, the only preserved church of the medieval principality of Pereyaslav), which was constructed in 1098, have fortunately been preserved.
History
Oster was founded in 1098 by Vladimir Monomakh as Gorodets, a fortress belonging to Pereiaslav principality, which was later inherited by his son Prince Yuri Dolgoruki. In 1240, it was destroyed by the Mongol invasion, after which it remained in ruins for a century. After the destruction of the fort, a village arose in its place, named Stary Oster or Starogorodkaya. In the beginning of the 14th century a newer settlement arose closer to the Desna, named Oster.
Since 1356 Oster was under control of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, later, under the Union of Lublin, and from 1569 Oster was part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. In 1648 it became part of an uyezd of the Pereiaslav regiment. Since 1654, Oster was under control of the Russian Empire. In 1622, King Jan II Casimir granted Oster the Magdeburg rights and a coat of arms. After harsh battles of the Ukrainian War for Independence, the Polish rule was again established in Oster, but in February 1664, with support from the local population, the Poles were driven back by Cossacks and the Russians. In 1803, the city became an uyezd center of Chernigov Gubernia.
Oster (Blies)
The Oster (Blies) is a river of Saarland, Germany.
See also
Oster (disambiguation)
Oster or Ostyor may refer to:
