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Kurt Weill
… actress Lotte Lenya. In the US he was influenced by popular music and jazz, he met several of the outstanding figures of the Broadway stage and began to write musicals that enjoyed tremendous popularity. All the while, … footage, interviews with individuals who knew him and artists who preformed his compositions: Milva, Blixa …
The Mystery of Aris San
… 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 … …
Blue Note: The Story of Modern Jazz
… Nazi Germany to New York in the 1930s and 'discovered' an art form which at the time received scant attention from … English, the two men began to record practically unknown musicians on the Blue Note label in 1939. Today this list of artists reads like a Who's Who of jazz including Thelonious …
The Dybbuk - Der dibuk
… to produce the play in Russian by Stanislavsky's Moscow Art Theater in 1920 were aborted by the Bolshevik … actors and historical advisors. The film's exquisite musical and dance interludes evoke the cultural richness of … of WWII. … 81 … 9 … Poland … … 1937 … Dance … Klezmer musicians … Klezmer music … Theater … Klezmer … Actors … …
American Matchmaker - Amerikaner Shadkhn
… Feature. 87 min. B & W Screenplay by S. Castle Music and Lyrics by Sam Morgenstern, William Mercur Starring … G. Ulmer’s last Yiddish movie was also his most modern, an art deco romantic comedy about male ambivalence and Jewish … and re-mastered by NCJF, Berkeley … 9 … USA … … 1940 … Music … Yiddish … Yiddish songs … Musicals … Musical revues …
The Cantor's Son - Dem Khazns Zindl
… (& Sidney Goldin, uncredited) This Yiddish feature film musical drama marks the screen debut of singer and cantor … and reunites with his parents and his childhood sweetheart. Excerpt from the film featuring Oysher with real life … Hazzanim,Chazzanut,Chazzan,Hazzan,Hazzanim,Cantors … 1937 … Music … Cantors - Hazzanim … Musicals … Cantor … Cantorial …
A Cantor on Trial
… Yiddish with English subt. Directed by Sidney M. Goldin Music by Sholem Secunda This short film festures Loui Leybele Waldmann playing three different parts: an old world Eastern European then a German … Hazzanim,Chazzanut,Chazzan,Hazzan,Hazzanim,Cantors … 1931 … Music … Hazzanut … America … Musicals … Hazzanim - Cantors … …
The Key from Spain: The Songs and Stories of Flory Jagoda
… modern Ladino songs. This film documents her life and her music. An article about the film by Judith R. Cohen was published in the academic journal Ethnomusicology and can be found at JSTOR Bibliographical …
Song of the Sephardi
… Ladino folk songs that have been the lifeblood and musical soul of the Sephardi. The film was made with the participation of the Sephardic communities of Seattle, … - Judizmo … Sephardim … Diaspora … Amsterdam … Sephardi music … Sepharad … Sephardi … Saloniki … Sephardic Jewish …
One Day the Heart Opens
… Banai joins the groups at Tower of David Museum featuring musical instruments of their community - santour, persian … … Ethiopia … Georgia … Iraq … India … Kurdistan … Tajik music … Asia … Iran … Documentary … Bannai, Ehud … One Day the Heart Opens …