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Craig Taubman
… a singer and composer, known both for his Jewish liturgical music for the synagogue and his popular contemporary music. … Mark. “ Contemporary Jewish Music in America ” in The American Jewish Year Book , vol. 101, 2001, 45-6. Jewels … events with the music of Taubman: Jack Wertheimer, ' The American Synagogue: Recent Issues and Trends ', The …

The Jewish Bloch
… Special Symposium Ernst Bloch: The Jew as European and American Composer On the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of … Chair: Malcom Miller Zecharia Plavin, Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance Bloch's Jewish-Hebrew musical narrative of … situation, his works still managed to create within parts of European public a vision of 'Jewish-Hebrew nation', …

Fiddler on the Move: Exploring the Klezmer World
… Stalin, and lost out to assimilation in America. Klezmer music is now experiencing a tremendous new spurt of interest … moved back across the Atlantic as a distinctly 'American' music, played throughout central and eastern Europe, as well as in many other parts of the world. Fiddler on the Move places klezmer music …

Uncle Moses
… film, based on Shalom Asch's novel, was one of the first American Yiddish films. It deals with many of the issues … themes, especially the latter, are expressed through the music of the film. One example is the niggun that Uncle … … New York City … Immigrants … Immigration … Maurice Schwartz … America … Klezmer … Uncle Moses …

Heikhal Hanegina (the Hall of Music)
… hall in which entrance is permitted only through song or music. There is a common belief that the Heikhal Hanegina is … them with holy texts. Abraham Zvi Idelsohn , in his article 'Hanegina Ha h assidit' [1] , writes, 'Most of the … America, 1931). [2] This ellipsis appears in the original article of Idelsohn, the rest of the ellipses are additions …
Arbie Orenstein
… raised in New York City, he attended the High School of Music and Art, Queens College, and the Graduate School of Columbia … scholarly annual journal Musica Judaica, sponsored by the American Society for Jewish Music. Source: Shiloah, Amnon. …
Book review: James Kaplan, Irving Berlin: New York Genius
… obsessed with copyrights, refused permissions to third parties even to cite a few words from his lyrics. As a … early years by Ian Whitcomb (1987), still one of the most musically literate surveys, and a journalistic rehash of the … as a given Berlin’s permanent place in the pantheon of American song, if not song in general. It's now 30 years …
The Epstein Brothers Orchestra: Kings of Freylekh Land
… The dynamic and multi-faceted music of the Epstein Brothers, stars of 'A Tickle in the Heart' and recipients of the prestigious 1998 National … for the Arts, represents an exciting journey into the American-Jewish musical and cultural experience of the past …
Joshua Weisser (Pilderwasser)
… his father Aba Pilderwasser. Weisser began his formal musical education with the local hazzan of Novata Ushitsa, who taught him solfege and sight singing. He participated in many local synagogue choirs, studying under … of articles dealing with Jewish liturgical music and the American cantorate. Weisser passed away in 1952, just before …

Tenement Songs: the Popular Music of the Jewish Immigrants
… A ...look at the musical world of immigrant Jews, who, in finding and … medium for self-identity, helped shape and give life to American popular culture (from 'Ethnomusicology') … 101 … 101 … 1 … 37919 … Urbana … University …