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Hora
Origin of the term
The word originates from Rumanian. As an ancient term it meant a…
Steiger
A term in use in the European Jewish musical tradition to refer to the different modal…
Léibele Schwartz
Schwartz was born in Brod, Poland, on March 22, 1928 as Yehudah Leib Kirzner. He began…
Anthology of Hassidic Music
A scholarly publication of the unedited collection of Hassidic music by the renowned…
The effect of the Holocaust on the study of East-European Jewish music
On the difficulties of conducting research on Jewish liturgical music after the…
Maramaros: The lost Jewish music of Transylvania
Maramures (formerly Maramaros, in Hungarian) was a Jewish community in Transylvania that…
The unique musical style of Eastern-European Jewry
Appeared also in Hungarian Liturgical Music II (1994-1995), 59-71.
The Klezmer Tradition in the Land of Israel
A collection of field recordings, mainly klezmer musical pieces, performed in Israel and…
Words and music : a selection from his writings
Abridged and translated version of the Yiddish title 'Vort un klang' (1979). Translated…