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33. In the Ship
… song, praised by Zacharia for its “enthusiasm and musicality,” was performed at parties during the week after a Jewish wedding. Its portrayal of the bridegroom and bride … The theme of a pleasure trip by boat is grounded in the culture and coastal geography of Kerala. Although there is …
Rabbi David Buzaglo
… is an opportunity to revive his biography in our website. A musical and rabbinical prodigy since his early days, Rabbi … exponentially in the collective memory of the Moroccan Jewish diaspora. [3] After receiving a traditional Jewish … in the circles promoting modern Hebrew language and culture in Casablanca. For example, the repertoire of the …
A Flowering Debate: A Judeo-Spanish Song (not just) for Tu BiShvat
… cycle at the end of winter is a relatively newcomer to the Jewish calendar, going back “only” to Mishnaic times. … emerged therefore from a rich multicultural poetic and musical background that can be traced back to the medieval … Institute of Jewish Music and the Ministry of Education and Culture. Weich-Shahak, Susana. 2012. “Debates coplísticos …
Tish-nigunim Ascribed to Yosl Tolner and the Aesthetics of the Genre
… experiences, it was widely appreciated for its beauty, musical features, and spiritual power, emerging from … and Russian elites, as well as from Ukrainian peasant culture. A close examination of these reference points … as early as 1927 in a collection of Lithuanian Jewish tunes (Bernstein [1927] 1958, #95), in which it is …
Jewish Professional Musicians in Iraq and Israel Audio Examples
… Jewish Professional Musicians in Iraq and Israel, Revisited … in Iraq and Israel: Instrumental Improvisation and Culture Change .” These CDs are intended to be used alongside the dissertation to demonstrate a variety of musical styles and to bring the musical analysis to life. …
Yossef (Yusuf) Zaarur
… Childhood and early musical career Yossef (Yusuf) Zaarur (يوسف زعرور) was born … This generational tension between well-to-do Baghdadi Jewish families and their youngsters who loved music and … vital role Jews played in shaping the modern Iraqi musical culture. Not surprisingly, al-Ghazali married the great …
Haim Louk
… at Em Habanim school in Casablanca, which integrated Jewish religious studies with general education, including … charismatic teacher who greatly influenced Louk's musical path. At the age of 10, Louk met Rabbi David Buzaglo … Israeli musicians. In 2011, he was awarded the Ministry of Culture's Prize for Music in recognition of his …
Mapping of German Liturgical Music
… The Jewish Music Research Centre is proud to present a map of … sources of liturgical music form the German-speaking Jewish world. This map derives from the online data base … out in the framework of the project "German-Jewish Sacred Musical Intersections" funded by the German-Israeli …
Idelsohn’s trilingual autobiography and Yiska Idelsohn’s oral memoire
… 1930s, appeared in 1935. The English one was published in Jewish Music Journal 2, no. 2 (1935): 8-11. The Hebrew one … sounded beautiful to me, loved singing and had a very good musical memory, excellent for remembering melodies that he … variant. Although, Libau was a modern city with German culture, my father picked for me a Lithuanian teacher in a …
A Recovered Voice from the Past
… Jews, Heinrich Graetz, the great nineteenth-century German Jewish historian, once wrote, is essentially a history of … far beyond this constricting narrative to recover Jewish culture, economics, politics, and society. Yet something of … Avraham Zvi Idelsohn, the founding father of modern Jewish musical research. Idelsohn’s life traversed several …