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Kaddish
Kaddish is one of the most important and central parts of the Jewish liturgy. Most of it…
Eric Mandell
Born on February 14, 1902 in Gronau (North Rhine-Westphalia) as Erich Mendel, Mandell…
Jerome Kern
Jerome Kern was born on January 27, 1885 in New York City to parents Fanny and Henry…
Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… Lamentations, read on Tisha B’av; (5) one for the book of Esther, read on Purim; and (6) one for the festive megillot … text, and an unusual degree of mobility in the melodies of Esther, which correlates nicely with the dynamic story and … Esther and Lamentations Modes: Celebration and Mourning …
Responsorial Singing
“Call and response,” “responsive,” or “responsorial” is a singing performance style in…
German Jewish Sacred Musical Intersections
This project aims to map, analyze and make German Jewish liturgical music (minhag…
Moshe Cordova
Moshe Cordova
Composer, singer, ‘ud and piano player Moshe Cordova (b. Edirne,…