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One of the "Persian Letters" of Edith Gershon-Kiwi

Edith Gerson-Kiwi in Tehran (1961): Documents from a Revealing Journey

… Study of the Musical Modes , the German-born Israeli ethnomusicologist Edith Gerson-Kiwi sets the tone … because of its topic and the identity of its publisher, an Israeli state institution whose original mandate was the … Looking back at her first encounters with Persian Jewish musicians who immigrated to Israel in the late 1940s, …

"Evolution of Jewish Music": Discourse Communities and Narrative Construction in the Performance of Music History

… in its presentation but exciting in its execution, as the musicians demonstrate great skill and creativity. At the … “Dor Metzuyan,” a dance-reggae track by the Orthodox Israeli ensemble Oif Simches. Accompanying the song, … We then see a costume change as the duo transforms into the Israeli folk rockers the Moshav Band, an ensemble whose …

Translating Tropes (and Psalmodies): New Sources on Steve Reich’s Ethnographic Imports

… Speech fragments were transcribed and performed by live musicians who doubled and imitated them in Different Trains … Spector continued to maintain constant contact with the Israeli musicological scene as shown by her recommendations … Shiloah from the Hebrew University, a most distinguished Israeli ethnomusicologist and Arabist. She also recommended …