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The Priestly Blessing in the Ashkenazi Synagogue: Ritual and Chant
'The Purpose of this article is to survey the traditional developments of the PB […
Hazzan and Qahal: Responsive Chant in Minhag Ashkenaz
Drawing upon textual references in minhag books, siddurim and mahzorim, the article…
The Music of the Hebrew Bible - The Western Ashkenazi Tradition
An introduction to the Tropes (Te'amim) for the cantillation of the Pentateuch, with…
Hebraeisch-orientalischer Melodienschatz, 01[G]: Gesaenge der jemenischen Juden
Also exists in English and Hebrew. Music of Yemenite Jews in Jerusalem. Includes an…
A Voice Still Heard: the Sacred Songs of the Ashkenazic Jews
A survey of the history of Western Ashkenazi (German) liturgical music. The book…
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,…
Parallels Between the Old–French and the Jewish Song
A somewhat controversial article in which Idelsohn tries to show traces of Jewish music…
The Kol Nidre Tune
1931-2 This is one of Idelsohn's most intriguing articles; it is a study in which his…