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Parallels Between the Old–French and the Jewish Song
A somewhat controversial article in which Idelsohn tries to show traces of Jewish music…
Toward A Clearer Definition of the Magen Avot Mode
Primarily motivated by historical and comparative musicology, past studies of Ashkenazi…
Steiger
A term in use in the European Jewish musical tradition to refer to the different modal…
Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
Introduction
Jewish cantillation—the intoned reading of Torah, Haftarah, and other…
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
Niggun ‘Akedah is an Ashkenazi melody firmly associated with the Binding of Isaac,…
Idelsohn’s trilingual autobiography and Yiska Idelsohn’s oral memoire
This document, in the form of a synoptic table, incorporates three versions of Idelsohn’…