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Elohim hashivenu: A liturgical insertion for the High Holidays in Salamone Rossi's version in Italy and beyond
… מִשָּׁמַיִם וּרְאֵה; וּפְקֹד, גֶּפֶן זֹאת Clearly, the liturgist who set this passage noticed that verse … medieval period. These verses already appear in the very early and magnificent Mahzor Soncino- Casalmaggiore printed … return to this feature later. Right now, let us move to the musical performance of the three verses. The precious Leo …
Book review: James Kaplan, Irving Berlin: New York Genius
… of the boy Berlin in the New York streets and docks, his early encounter of a Christmas tree at the dwelling of the … exception of a brave account of Berlin and ragtime in the early years by Ian Whitcomb (1987), still one of the most musically literate surveys, and a journalistic rehash of the …
Purim Lanu, Pesah a la Mano: Celebrating Flory Jagoda (1923-2021)
… of piyyutim , “Imre no’am,” which contributed to the early dissemination in Western Sephardic and North African … and rightly so. Jagoda first recorded the song in her early album “Kantikas di mi nona” (Songs of My Grandmother) … patterns animate its language, poetical structure and musical setting, as seen below. Purim, Purim Lanu (Ladino …
Moshe Cordova
… m . Cordova was born in Edirne, an important Ottoman Jewish musical hub since the late 17 th century. Our knowledge about Cordova’s early years there is meager. A turning point in his life was … Paşa Street was dedicated in 1886. During its heyday in the early twentieth century, Jewish singers from various …
Jewish Professional Musicians in Iraq and Israel, Revisited
… In 1979 Esther Warkov , a young American PhD student in ethnomusicology, came to Israel to study the music of … Iraqi music. Most of these musicians moved to Israel in the early 1950s, part of the Jewish exodus from Arab lands, … citizens among its cadre of regular musicians. This was clearly part of the IBA’s cultural policy following Israel’s …
Stutschewsky's 13 Jewish Folk Tunes
… glad to launch the sixth volume in the Contemporary Jewish Music series, 13 Jewish Folk Tunes, an online … Racheli Galay and composer and pianist Amit Weiner. This early work from 1924 shows Stutschewsky’s exposure to … downloadable program notes on the genesis of this work, musical analysis of the composition, and an extensive …
Book Review: Joel E. Rubin, New York Klezmer in the Early Twentieth Century
… Joel E. Rubin, New York Klezmer in the Early Twentieth Century: The Music of Naftule Brandwein and Dave Tarras . Syracuse: … Syracuse University Press, 2020. New York Klezmer in the Early Twentieth Century completes an American klezmer …
Book Review: Charles B. Hersch, Jews and Jazz Improvising Ethnicity
… and penetrating history of Jews in American jazz music, which should become a first stop for those wishing to … some understanding of the complicated subject. Indeed, nearly everything about the history of Jews and jazz music is … assumptions surrounding identity complicate the telling of nearly every facet of the jazz story, which Hersch tries …
Alicia Benassayag Bendayan
… The Jewish Music Research Centre of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem … a long-standing relationship with Alicia beginning in the early 1980’s, noted that Alicia was a rare singer from her … degree of consistency between performances. Already in the early 1950’s, Alicia was sought out in Tetuan by scholars …
Jewish Music Collections at the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine in Kyiv
… Jewish Music Collections of the Vernadsky National Library of … pp. 5-7). This report is not only illuminating for the early pictures of Dr. Irina Sergeyeva and Dr. Lyudmila … collection, brought to Israel from the Soviet Union as early as 1972 (!) by the late Prof. Joachim Braun, opened …