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With Songs They Respond: The Diwan of the Jews from Central Yemen
… which have always been of interest to scholars of Jewish music, just as their unique cultural history has attracted the attention of Jewish scholars from an early stage. Interest in this …
Society for Jewish Folk Music
… Borodin and Moussorgsky – was introduced to the Russian Jewish composer and music critic Joel Engel . Stasov … like lightning… this was the memorable night when Jewish art music was born.” From that moment, Engel … He inspired a group of likeminded musicians of Russian Jewish origin, who together formed the “St. Petersburg …
Hora
… and the second with duple. Hora as a Klezmer Genre The Jewish Klezmers adopted both kinds of genres and terms. The … folk songs with the Hora 6 , and indeed, many songs in the history of Israeli folksongs were written in the context of …
About the Jews of Yemen, A Vanishing Culture
… renowned ethnomusicologist Johanna Spector, addresses the history and rituals of the Jews of Yemen, both in Yemen and … songs from the diwan of Shalom Shabazi (the most important Jewish poet of Yemen from the 17 th century), drumming on … … 9 … … 1986 … Yemen … Yemenite … Ethnomusicology … Jewish cultural groups … Traditions … Israel … Johanna L. …
Almonds and Raisins
… director Russ Karel and narrator Orson Welles, scan the history of the genre from some of the earlier films such as … films deal with issues that arose with the eastern European Jewish immigrants who arrived in New York in the millions at … emphasis to the meeting point of cinema with music and Jewish traditions as can be found in this genre. Some …
Aharon Amram
… with Sana'a's best teachers, while also learning Math, History and Hebrew in a Jewish school. In 1950, as part of 'Operation Magic Carpet' … hits and are considered today to be authentic sources of Jewish Yemenite singing in Israel. The most famous of these …
Karaite Jews Musical Tradition
… served as an important feature of the Karaite heritage. History According to the Karaite tradition, the community's … melody to the same text is performed by Avraham Kanai, a Jewish Karaite from Kazakhstan. The third melody originated … 'The Role of Music in the Renewed Self Identity of Karaite Jewish Refuge Communities from Cairo.' Traditional Music 22 …
Free voice of Labor: Jewish Anarchists
… Steven Fischler and Joel Sucher This documentary is about Jewish anarchists in New York City during the late … information on an interesting and often overlooked part of Jewish history, the film also features quite a few revolutionaly …
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
… This film from the 1970s depicts the history of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. The orchestra … with Polish violinist Bronislaw Huberman who helped start a Jewish Orchestra in Palestine in 1936 and their first …
Image Before My Eyes
… Directed by Joshua Waletzky This film discusses the history and culture of Polish Jews before the holocaust. It … war as well as a song about the prison camp Jablonna where Jewish Polish soldiers who were accused of treason on the Russian front were sent. … 9 … YIVO Institute for Jewish Research … … 1981 … Yiddish songs … Jewish History … …