(165 results found)
Fog al-Nakhal (فوق النخل): Multicultural and Transnational Journeys of an Iraqi Folksong
… song’s authorship is attributed to a number of different composers, such as the prominent Iraqi-Jewish musician Salah al-Kuwaity (1908-1986), and in some … al-Nakhal,' Sabah Fakhri Fog al-Nakhal (فوق النخل) in Jewish Communities “Balini-b Balwa,”(بالين بلوة) a Melodic …
The Idelsohn Project
… Is music intrinsically political? The best-known Jewish song in the world is “Hava Nagila” (“Come, let us … Hassidic niggun) Abraham Zvi Idelsohn, was a European-born Jewish musician who insisted that music and affect were … who influenced multiple generations of Jewish and Israeli composers, cantors, and scholars. Much of what continues to …
Idelsohn's Obituary of Abraham Goldfaden
… , Idelsohn projected into this text his own vision of Jewish history and destiny as well as his take on prophecy … Turgeman A sad rumor arrived that the founder of the Jewish theater in Yiddish, Abraham Goldfaden has died. And while all Jewish newspapers and even some non-Jewish newspapers …
Symphony Overture in G (1732)
… century night vigils (tiqqunim) were organized at first in Jewish communities in Italy and other Mediterranean … attained considerable proportions in the Casale Monferrato Jewish Ashkenazi community in the 1730's. The earliest … and for 1733 is identified as S.H.Jarach. The names of the composers are unknown. The initiator of the ceremonies was …
Dance Niggun
… … Hassidic … Hassidic music … Israeli art music … Israeli composers … Modern Jewish music … Niggun … Israel … Dance Niggun …
Sweet Hymns Shall Be My Chant
… … Hassidic … Hassidic music … Israeli art music … Israeli composers … Modern Jewish music … Niggun … Israel … Sweet Hymns Shall Be My …
El Jiwneh Hagalil (Lied der galilaischen Arbeiter) – God will Build the Galilee (Galilee Worker’s Song)
… ha-galil would fill an entire chapter in the history of the Jewish song (Seroussi 2010). Different tunes, variations of … of symphonic, chamber and choral works by many prominent composers such as Michail Gnessin , Joseph Achron , Solomon … offers a contrasting musical symbol signifying the modern Jewish national rebirth colored in the dorian mode. The …
Nahôn libbo is hujire – Whole-heartedly is the fearful believer
… exiled in the Promised Land. The inclusion of this Iraqi Jewish tune adapted from Idelsohn’s Thesaurus of Hebrew … Idelsohn became an inspirational repository of “authentic” Jewish tunes for modern Jewish composers following their publication and Stutchewsky was no …
“Die alte Kasche” (Volkslied) – The Old Question (Folksong)
… persistent questioning portrays a certain Eastern European Jewish stereotype. [1] Perhaps for this reason, Die alte Kasche appears in artistic arrangements by many composers. Among them are Arno Nadel (1906), Efraim Shkliar … [2] Engel to Stutschewsky, ibid. … Stutschewsky's 13 Jewish Folk Tunes … Ashkenazim … Cello - Violoncello … Folk …
Uri Sharvit
… Center from 1996 to 1999. He is the author of A Treasury of Jewish Yemenite Chants (1981) and Chassidic Tunes from Galicia (1995). In 1980 he won the League of Israeli Composers, Authors, and Publishers' first prize for his …