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The “Jewish Baroque”: The Allure of a Modern Musical Affair
… Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, is one of several works by Jewish and few non-Jewish composers (such as … cantors, containing the pieces that they composed for liturgical services which, following Jewish practice, were … at my request several of these additional Portuguese liturgical compositions, drawn from one of the richest …
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… is the copy of a 78rpm record of a pizmon , a Hebrew para-liturgical hymn called “ Yom Yom Odeh ” (Every day I am … often tended to structure new compositions of (para)liturgical hymns (known as piyyutim and pizmonim ) according … record,” constituted the beginning of this biography. Networks, Objects, Agents In conceptualizing how this new …
The Edith Gerson-Kiwi Legacy
… to the collection, documentation and analysis of the liturgical, para-liturgical and non-religious music of the non-European … of her life, her research, and private and professional networks. Selected interview transcriptions and excerpts will …
German Jewish Sacred Musical Intersections
… This project aims to map, analyze and make German Jewish liturgical music ( minhag Ashkenaz ) accessible to the … of this project is that a new paradigm of Jewish liturgical music developed in German-speaking communities … were made socially feasible through the development of networks of individual musicians whose authority was acquired …
Ethiopian Jews in Israel - a Musical Ethnography
… Arom located several qessim and began to record Beta-Israel liturgical music. By 1989 this effort had become a … with the ambitious aim of recording the entire Beta-Israel liturgical calendar and analyzing it. This was perceived as … following decade of the 1990s, when such theoretical frameworks led to a heightened awareness of, and commitment to, …
El Jiwneh Hagalil (Lied der galilaischen Arbeiter) – God will Build the Galilee (Galilee Worker’s Song)
… An ancient piyut [liturgical song] transformed into a Zionist song, a complete … was the first in a line of symphonic, chamber and choral works by many prominent composers such as Michail Gnessin , …
A Recovered Voice from the Past
… Cincinnati, exact date uncertain. Introduction The life and works of the musicologist Abraham Zvi Idelsohn (1882-1938), … conductor, composer of and instructor in Jewish liturgical music. Dymont was born in Kovno, Lithuania (then …
‘Le-El ‘Olam’ by Mordecai Dato: In search of a melody for an ancient Italian Hebrew poem
… he maintained a rather secluded life. Almost all of his works remained in manuscripts (except for a few songs, as … “Lekhah Dodi” for every Friday night; hymn and traditional liturgical tune typical of the Italian-Ancona ritual. Ancona … local tradition. How can one explain then the very unusual liturgical location of ‘Adon ‘Olam’ as introduction to …
Léibele Schwartz
… orally and made the arrangements. Among his original works are High Holyday pieces such as ‘Salahti’ (from the prayer ‘Omnam ken,’ according to the Polish liturgical tradition) and ‘Labrit habet’ (from the piyyut … a tenor and covered a wide repertoire that included Jewish liturgical music, opera arias and works from the repertoire …
A cantor’s pledge in the High Holyday’s Provençal liturgy (Minhag Carpentras)
… led since antiquity to the development of a self-contained liturgical poetic genre, the reshut . ( Granat 2016 ) … the same effect. A set of such verses included in the liturgical order of the Jews of Provençe, the subject of … recorded in Israel on March 13, 2000 by the ethnomusicology workshop of Bar Ilan University and Renanot (Institute of …