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The Jerusalem-Sephardic Tradition
This article shows the crystallization of the prayer and singing style known as “…
Valtzer (LKT)
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…
Arbie Orenstein
Arbie Orenstein was born and raised in New York City, he attended the High School of…
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
If you have ever searched for Hatikvah online, you were surely exposed to a barrage of…
Cross-Repertoire Motifs in Liturgical Music of the Ashkenazi Tradition: An Initial Lay of the Land
The earlier version, entitled “Cross-Repertoire Motifs in the Liturgical Music of…
Vingerka (LKT)
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…
Moritz Rosenhaupt
By Edwin Seroussi
German cantor and composer Moritz/Moses Rosenhaput was born (see…
Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
Introduction
Jewish cantillation—the intoned reading of Torah, Haftarah, and other…
Haggai Ben-Shammai
Haggai Ben-Shammai was born in Tel-Aviv in 1939, grew up in Jerusalem and has lived to…
The Liturgy of Beta Israel: Music of the Ethiopian Jewish Prayer
Some scientific enterprises, like good wine, mature over a long period of time. The…