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Zawel (Zevulun) Kwartin
Kwartin was born in Novo-arkhangelsk, Ukraine, and was first exposed to the cantorial…
Emanuel Aguilar
Emanuel Aguilar, brother of author Grace Aguilar, was born in London in 1824. He…
Joseph Achron
Joseph Achron was born in Lozdzieje, a small village in Lithuania. His musical genius…
Ernest Bloch
Swiss born American Composer Ernest Bloch was born on July 24, 1880 in Geneva,…
Remarks on the symphonies/overtures in the scores of the three ceremonies for Hosa`na Rabbah at the Synagogue Casale Monferrato
Brief analyses of five string symphonies used as overtures to Hebrew cantatas, dated…
Review of recording: Pizmon
Discusses 'Pizmon: Syrian-Jewish religious and social song' (Meadowlark 105, 1985)…
George Gershwin's songbook: Influences of Jewish music, ragtime and Jazz
Doctoral dissertation (University of Kentucky. The 18 piano transcriptions in the '…
Aspects of Israeli Folk Song
The author attempts to define folk song generally and then marks three princcipal…
Voices of the People: The Story of Yiddish Folksong
The original book was published by.... New York, 1963. (from the back cover of the book…
Parallels Between the Old–French and the Jewish Song
A somewhat controversial article in which Idelsohn tries to show traces of Jewish music…