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Toward A Clearer Definition of the Magen Avot Mode
Primarily motivated by historical and comparative musicology, past studies of Ashkenazi…
Aḥot qetanah
Aḥot qetanah, or little sister, is a hymn that is traditionally sung on Rosh Hashanah.…
Ma'oz Tzur
Hymn sung in the synagogue or at home after the lighting of the Hanukkah menorah. The…
Birchas Kohanim
Arrangement of the Priestly blessing for voice (tenor) and piano
Neil Levin
Artistic Director of the Milken Archive since 1993, Neil W. Levin has devoted his…
Tonality and Motivic Interrelationships in the Performance Practice of Nusach
The article presents several case studies in which the application of concepts and tools…
Ne’ilah
Nei’la is the fifth and last service of Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement). In contrast to…
Zalman Polak
1901: Born in Yugoslavia.
1919: Immigrated to Israel with his mother.
1920: Injured in…
Song and Singers of the Synagogue in the Eighteenth Century
repr. in Journal of Synagogue Music, iii/2 (1971), 43–70. During the 18th century,…