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Chasidic in America
… in North and South America, and in the 1937 Yiddish film The Cantor’s Son (Dem Khazns Zundyl) . O ne of the most successful American Yiddish films, The Cantor's Son was directed by Sidney Goldin (who … Olshanetsky , the composer who is credited with the music of The Cantor’s Son . This virtuosic, wordless song …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… legislative design. Because of the “folk” origins of its music and the re-writing of Naftali Herz Imber’s poem … It reappeared as recently as 2007 in an Israeli documentary film directed by Reuven Hecker and titled precisely Lekh leshalom geshem . The film cleverly focuses on the Sephardic tune as the most …
Vemen vestu zingen, vemen? Leibu Levin Performs in Yiddish
… in southwestern Ukraine). This new production of the Jewish Music Research Centre prepared around the centennial of Levin’s birth is a partial fulfilment of Lifshitz’s wish. This CD is based on the … about the poets. You can also find this album on Apple Music , or download MP3s on Amazon . … 7 … 1 CD + booklet … …
Haynt Iz Purim, Brider
… Di beyde Kunilemel [4] in the award winning 1966 Israeli film Shnei Kuni Lemel , starring Mike Burstyn and directed by Israel Beker. The film originates in the Hebrew staging of Shenei Kuni Lemel … Shimon Cohen composed the original soundtrack for the 1966 film, which eventually found itself back on the stage as a …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… of the opening stanza, is the refrain (the same words and music are repeated) and x, the last line of the rest of the … Thanks to the superb catalogue of the Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts (hereby: IMHM) at the National … Shofet kol ha’aretz.” This is the earliest mention of the music of our poem, and obviously it indicates that in the …
Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… role in dramatically shifting the aesthetics of liturgical music in the liberal Jewish movements of North America. … was released in 1993. Right around that time, two animated films from the Disney Studios were also released: Aladdin (1992) and The Lion King (1994). These films were milestones in the history of popular music in …
Avi Bar-Eitan
… researcher, and lecturer. He received his Ph.D. in musicology at the Hebrew University, and his M.A. and M.Mus … chamber and orchestral music and music for theatre and film. He performs in many ensembles and collaborates with … more than twenty plays, the musical “Kolot,” documentary films, radio programs, music for the Playback Theatre, music …
The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… Moreover, the catalogue of the Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts at the National Library of Israel … and its documentation are therefore formidable. However, musical renditions of the piyyut are rather rare and will be … that Kikhlot yeini has survived in two apparently unrelated musical strands which we have labeled “Zionist” and “Jewish” …
Rabbi Meir Eleazar Atiya
… The Jewish Music Research Centre of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem … the Moroccan Arab and Hebrew traditions of Andalusian music, and by his profound knowledge of the Hebrew language … in part by our shared research at the Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts at the National Library of Israel. …
Unintentional History: Musical Moments in 1930s Yiddish Films
… 23259 … Yiddish … Yiddish Films … Jewish music … Yiddish songs … Film music … Film … Unintentional History: Musical Moments …