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The Mogen Ovos Mode: a Study in Folklore
… is an old tradition which 'goes back to the third century.' Jewish communities in different parts of the world share the … mode, which, to Idelsohn, is the deepest expression of the Jewish soul, is based on an 'original melodic line of Jewish … song. Idelsohn traces it in several European cultures and develops the hypothesis that it is a Semitic …
Fiddler on the Move: Exploring the Klezmer World
… made brides weep and guests dance at weddings throughout Jewish eastern Europe before the culture was destroyed in the Holocaust, silenced under … recreating this restless volatile, and vibrant musical culture. Firmly centered in the United States, klezmer has …
Tenement Songs: the Popular Music of the Jewish Immigrants
… helped shape and give life to American popular culture (from 'Ethnomusicology') … 101 … 101 … 1 … 37919 … … … Mark Slobin … Tenement Songs: the Popular Music of the Jewish Immigrants …
Voices of the People: The Story of Yiddish Folksong
… this volume brings the Jews' ancient, itinerant culture alive through children's songs, dancing songs, and … annotations weave each text into the larger story of the Jewish experience. Noted scholar Mark Slobin provides a new …
The Evolution of a Musical Symbol in Yiddish Culture
… … 2 … Studies in Jewish Folklore: Chicago 1980 … Studies in Jewish Folklore: Chicago 1980 … 37913 … 313-330 … Cambridge, … Mark Slobin … The Evolution of a Musical Symbol in Yiddish Culture …
George Gershwin's songbook: Influences of Jewish music, ragtime and Jazz
… with the early 20th music. In America's melting-pot of cultures, the influences of ragtime, jazz and traditional Jewish music may be found. Gershwin wrote for the piano in a … Robert Chicurel … George Gershwin's songbook: Influences of Jewish music, ragtime and Jazz …
Jewish Musicians at the Court of the Mantuan Dukes 1542-1628
… by Judith Cohen. Published jointly with the Council for Culture & Art of the Ministry of Education and Culture for the World Congress on Jewish Music, Jerusalem, 1978. … 58 … 58 … 1 … 37678 … 52 … … … Tel-Aviv University, Faculty of Fine Arts, School of Jewish Studies … Documentation & studies … … 1978 … Music … …
Change and Ideology: the Ethnomusicology of Turkish Jewry
… stylistic changes in music can be related to changes in the culture of which it is a part. Change in music is seen as a … orientations and sociohistorical processes. In Turkish Jewish music, where differential continuity and change are … change, in particular specific change in Turkish Jewish music. Data were gathered through …
Medieval Elements in the Liturgical Music of the Jews of Southern France and Northern Spain
… to the end of the 15th c., the center of gravity of Iberian Jewish culture moved northward to Christian Spain and Provence. The … of northern Europe. Utilizing materials from Christian and Jewish sources, and employing the aid of a computer, the …
The practice of music as an expression of religious philosophy among the East-Ashkenazi Jews
… Special issue on Jewish music Establishing a conceptual framework for the … are established to clarify aspects of East Ashkenazi culture: visual-material, wherein religious ideas and …