Search | jewishmusic

(1457 results found)

A Nigun on a soff (chassidisch) – A Tune without Ending

… tense – klagend (lamenting) as indicated in the melody’s part. Transposing Schitomirsky’s F minor melody a fourth … harsh reality to devekut . While the constant descending quarter note movement in the piano’s accompaniment creates a … by a caesura sign in both the piano and the solo part as if briefly holding the breath before returning of the …

Bulbe (Volkslied) – “Potato” (Folksong)

… retained this conventional harmony, and assigned the piano part a typical klezmer um-pah accompaniment pattern. …

Zoock (Volkstanz) – Zhok (Folk dance)

… first and third beat. [1] The fast metronome indication – quarter = 168-184 – and the drone style accompaniment evoke … pulse on the entire bar. [2] Each section of this three-part Zoock has a distinctive modal character. While the tonal … at the same time rustic dissonances. [4] If the opening part features a repeating A note, a motivic liaison to the …

Hebräischer Tanz (Original aufgenommen von S. Kisselgoff) – Hebrew Dance (Originally transcribed by S. Kisselgoff)

… pattern we found in the accompaniment of the Zoock’s first part. Half of the rhythmic pattern in the bar is marked forte … climax on bar 8 is rhythmical, offering a dissonant counterpart to the melody. The filling line from bar 3 sustains a …

Kol Nidrei (Gebet am Jom Kipur) – Kol Nidrei (Yom Kippur Prayer)

… polemic regarding the proper foundations of modern Jewish art music – the Eastern-European domestic folklore versus … alone, from within myself and consciously, I was whole-heartedly and totally – Jewish! [1] As we have seen, Engel had … progressions in the piano, a feature of this piece too, part became a marker in Stutschewsky’s compositions inspired …