… by the families of the bride and groom to produce Henna parties that include traditional costumes, authentic “ethnic” dishes and drinks, as well as skilled musicians who perform traditional henna songs. [1] … dialect of the Jews of Morocco. This is an example of part of the song performed during a Henna ritual  (watch …

… basked in the light of the singer who hid behind an artificial wig, huge glasses, white suits, gold rings, and a … Communication Ltd., Tel Aviv … … 2007 … Israel … Popular music … Greece … Pop … Popular songs … Greek … Documentary … …

… lyrics and a completely different melody. 'A Gneyve' is part of a large repertoire of Yiddish songs addressing the … with piano accompaniment), Dobrushin-Yuditski (1940), Gelbart (1945) and Rubin (1976). It was recorded several times, … begins with the introductory “khapt im, nempt im” line. The music to this opening section is more dense than in the rest …

… 6 … 744 … Germany … This entry is part of an online exhibit entitled: 'Abraham Goldfaden: A … link below. Click Here for Slide Show This version of Dos Fartribene Taybele performed by Estella Schreiner was … Fartribene Taybele is from Godlfaden's play Ben Ami, with music arranged by Louis Friedsell. Ben Ami is loosely based …

… Special Symposium Ernst Bloch: The Jew as European and American Composer On the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of … how Bloch’s pursuit of the universal through the ‘racially particular’ was an outcome of a complex response to Wagnerian racial-musical theory via the intermediary of Houston Stuart …

… This entry is part of the  Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology  (LKT). The LKT … and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations from … a moderate-tempo figure dance in 2/4 time, resembling the American square dance and the Russian quadrille.” …

… The Jewish Music Research Centre announces with sadness the recent … 30, 2020. He came, as do many Moroccan Jewish performing artists and composers, from a family of musicians going back … from his earlier years when he could only remember parts of songs – that Mwijo maintained the honorific title of …

… In spite of his unparalleled fame as a singer and musician during his lifetime, very few details about the … characterized by an exposure to Western culture (most particularly French), to liberal trends in Judaism … sources and “Sephardized” them, i.e. rendered them in his particular style. Secondly, he commanded repertoires of …

… originates in an 1895 zarzuela (lyrics by P. Cadenas; music by Pedro Badía) and is not strictly related to the … as early as 1904 (a Saint Petersburg edition; the first American edition of 1905 has English lyrics by C.H. Taylor). … recorded, paraphrased and reworked countless times by many artists (including the young Maurice Chevalier) and in …