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Source documents and recordings related to diverse aspects of Hassidic Music. Resources Publications: Anthology of Hassidic Music by…

Name of Document: Date of Document: 27 Elul 5701 (October 19, 1941) Source: “Selected Letters and Manuscripts Belonging to Mr. Yitzhak…

This project is dedicated to the publication of translations and editions of primary texts drawn from archives and rare sources, addressing…

Studies, source documents and recordings related to diverse aspect of the Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) song. Resources Publications: Sonic…

Source documents and recordings related to diverse aspects of the Sephardi liturgies, East and West. Resources Articles: A…

Source documents, recordings and studies related to diverse aspects the songs in Yiddish. Resources Publications: Vemen vestu zingen,…

Source documents and recordings related to diverse aspects of Western and Eastern Ashkenazi liturgies. Resources Articles: German…

Source documents and recordings on diverse aspects of musical creativity by Jews from the Renaissance to the present. Resources Articles…

Is music intrinsically political? The best-known Jewish song in the world is “Hava Nagila” (“Come, let us rejoice”). This Hebrew ode to…

Jewish Music Collections of the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine in Kyiv, aka the “Beregovski Collection,” [henceforth: the Kyiv collection…

With the rise of Islam and the expanding Arab conquests throughout the Middle East, North Africa and Spain, the vast majority of the Jews of…

Berlin-born Edith Gerson-Kiwi (1908-1992) is considered one of the founders of Israeli musicology. She studied piano and…

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