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A.Z. Idelsohn: A Pioneer in Jewish Ethnomusicology
… of the twentieth century, the study and research of Jewish music was motivated by the belief that the music of biblical times survived in the living traditions of Jewish communities. It was also believed that with the … in Vienna and Berlin, under the guidance of such personalities as Carl Stumpf and Erich M. von …
The Bergamasca: Some Jewish Links?
… between the bergamasca , the popular Renaissance dance, and Jewish synagogue music? The idea had first been suggested … and its links - hypothetical as well as confirmed - with Jewish music. … 23139 … Bergamasca … Renaissance … Music … …
Jewish Singing and Boxing in Georgian England
… titles, textual and musical incipits, folio numbers, concordances, variant spellings and other similarly 'inspiring' … is no question that for the first time ever the grounds of Jewish musical manuscript sources have been surveyed, mapped … a new era in the scholarly study of the field. … 23458 … Jewish music … Jewish Singing … Researchers … Manuscripts … …
Unintentional History: Musical Moments in 1930s Yiddish Films
… Adler has shown in a lifetime of work, the history of Jewish music is really a set of complex, interlocking … set of source materials to create a portrait of a given Jewish community and time in terms of its musical life. One … assimilating public. The cameraman who filmed the wedding-dance sequence in the Polish town of Kazimierz Dolny …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… Yiẓḥak , or ‘Akedah ) has assumed an important function in Jewish religion and culture since Antiquity. This renowned narrative describes how the first Jewish family (Abraham, Sarah and Isaac) came close to … Following the printing revolution, and the subsequent abundance of private prayer books, these prayer practices …
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… made my way up to AMAR to search for historical records of Jewish musicians from Aleppo, the city which, for a long … as elsewhere in the Arab world during the Nahda era, Jewish musicians played an active role in the performance … how the dabke , one of the region’s most popular folk dances, belonged to the Palestinian national struggle: We …
Stefanie Mockert
… Berlin, is a researcher at the Hebrew University's Jewish Music Research Centré. Her studies focus on the … the joined research projects with the European Center for Jewish Music, Hanover: “ From Berlin to Jerusalem and back - … Prof. Denis Burstein at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. Former teachers include Prof. Yaron Rosenthal …
Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
… Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics: Selections from the … Melngailis collection . Middleton WI: A-R editions, 2014. Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics makes public a forgotten … us to study, perform, and hear again some of the songs and dances performed by members of substantial, centuries-old …
Moshe Cordova
… ma ka m . Cordova was born in Edirne, an important Ottoman Jewish musical hub since the late 17 th century. Our … was the move to Istanbul, together with many of the Edirne Jewish community, following the devastation of this city … The general drop in religious observance and synagogue attendance among Turkish Jews certainly counts as a major factor. …
Jewish Professional Musicians in Iraq and Israel, Revisited
… came to Israel to study the music of first-generation Jewish immigrants from Iraq. From 1979 to 1981 Warkov worked … an eminent scholar of music in the Islamic world and of the Jewish musical traditions within it. Warkov wanted to study … high learning, most prominently at the Academy of Music and Dance in Jerusalem. The founding of the Israel Andalusian …