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Paradigms of Arabic Modes in the Genizah Fragment Cambridge T.S. N.S. 90,4
… has been able to draw a fairly detailed picture of family life, education, public affairs, commerce, medicine, poetry and learned studies in the Jewish community of old Cairo (Fostat) and other towns of … … Medieval … Middle Ages … Cairo Genizah … Geniza … Egypt … Jewish History … Manuscripts … Modes … Arabic modes … …
My Life: A Sketch
… my father was appointed overseer of kosher meat in a non-Jewish butchery. In my early childhood my parents lived next … than he, but much sweeter, and their singing was with more Jewish feeling. … 9508 … Idelsohn A.Z. … Idelsohn … … … autobiographical sketches … Hazzanim - Cantors … My Life: A Sketch … Abraham Zvi Idelsohn …
Idelsohn: The Founder and Builder of the Science of Jewish Music – A Creator of Jewish Song
… that we present A. Irma Cohon's account of Idelsohn's life, character, and works. For many years the lives of Mrs. … reestablishing a 'favourable attitude towards traditional Jewish observances, the Hebrew language, and the idea Of Jewish peoplehood' in American Reform congregations, and was …
Idelsohn’s Scholarly and Literary Publications: An Annotated Bibliography
… It would be no exaggeration to say that already in his lifetime Idelsohn was regarded by many as the savant and saviour of Jewish music. In 1932 on the double occasion of his fiftieth … A.Z. … Idelsohn … Bibliography … Annotated bibliography … Jewish music … Jewish music research … Idelsohn’s Scholarly …
Jewish Liturgical Forms in the Falasha Liturgy? A Comparative Study
… in the direction of comparative studies. In any society, a Jewish influence may be manifested in certain aspects of cultural life and religious practice, but all Jewish traditions share basic liturgical forms. By defining …
Yemenite Qasīd Songs (Hebrew)
… Besides the types of Jewish poetry in Yemen - nasid, sirah, zaffeh, haduyo and … folk poets. The subjects are amusing tales from the Jewish lore, such as the Creation, Adam and Eve in the … are also contemporary stories, like tales of the social life of the Jews and of the Moslems, animal stories, and …
Inventing Jewish Music
… It was 1848, and the music of central Europe's Jewish communities was in a state of chaos. In the cities, … sense of isolation and abandonment. The very nature of Jewish identity was being questioned from within Jewish … seemed as if it was falling into decay while the musical life of Jews continued to disintegrate. The year 1848 was, …
Jewish Singing and Boxing in Georgian England
… 1989) is a treasure house of opportunities for a lifetime of such excitements. With its 230 … 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
… As Israel 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 …
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 … Goldberg (2000) provides an extensive study of Maier Levi’s life and work. An important discussion of the ‘Akedah …