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Idelsohn's Obituary of Abraham Goldfaden
… and had never himself seen? And how did he have the audacity to create a new thing, opposed to what was customary …
Songs of Palestinian Jews from the Collection of Isaac Lurie (1913)
… who by 1913 were certainly a significant presence in the city. It appears therefore that Lurie was after more … between July 10 and August 1, 1913. His sojourn to the city is succinctly documented in an announcement in the … Guests – Among the guests who arrived this week to our city we also count our colleague Mr. Lurie, agent of the …
Avigdor (Tibor) Herzog
… were numerous and span for over eight decades in his capacity as performing musician, educator, collector, curator … violin. He received his secondary education in the nearby city of Nové Zámky (Hungarian: Érsekújvár ) a more vibrant …
A Moroccan Synagogue Service
… with the general pan-Sephardic practice although the specificity of its intonation marks it as unequivocally Moroccan. …
Curt Sachs
… theory and composition as a youth in that city. He began a career as an art historian, but promptly … later to the United States, where he settled in New York City. In 1913, Sachs saw the publication of his book …
Ethiopian Jews in Israel - a Musical Ethnography
… performativity, and the politics of race, class and ethnicity within the discipline. Later studies of musical life …
Book Review: Charles B. Hersch, Jews and Jazz Improvising Ethnicity
… Charles B. Hersch, Jews and Jazz Improvising Ethnicity . New York: Routledge, 2017. In Jews and Jazz , Charles … a Jew. If not for his race, would Smith’s Jewish authenticity have been dismissed? One can’t help but think the … music, Hersch’s other troubling narratives about authenticity and appropriation might be clarified as well. Racial …
Moshe Cordova
… Edirne Jewish community, following the devastation of this city during the Balkan Wars and World War I. In the capital city, Cordova pursued his career as a synagogue singer and … Mandate Palestine, settling in the fast-growing Jewish city of Tel Aviv, joining a movement of other Ottoman Jews …
Purim Lanu, Pesah a la Mano: Celebrating Flory Jagoda (1923-2021)
… Jewish community. In 1628, he published in his adopted city a compendium of piyyutim , “Imre no’am,” which …
Elohim hashivenu: A liturgical insertion for the High Holidays in Salamone Rossi's version in Italy and beyond
… of such oral tradition, endows him with an aura of authenticity valued by modern scholars. Undoubtedly, Rossi composed … Chanting for Shabbat Evening in Greece and New York City,” Dartmouth College, 2020. I thank Gabriel for pointing …