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Sounds from the Divine: Religious Musical Instruments in the Ancient Near East
… if not all, known cultures of the ancient as well as the modern world. Musical sounds — whether created by human …
Abraham Zvi Idelsohn
… (which number over 1,000) laid the foundation for the modern study of Jewish musicology. My Life: A Sketch by A.Z. … visited old-fashioned “Chadorim,” although there were many modern ones in Libau; my father wanted to implant within me … Schubert, etc. At the same time I was an ardent reader of Modern Hebrew literature, from M. Ch Luzzatto’s poetry to …
Boaz Tarsi
… Among his scholarly publications are contributions to “Modern Judaism,” “Asian Music,” “Indiana Theory Review,” …
31. El lindo mancebo + Los amantes de la casa rica Oh! que lindo mancevo (CES)
… , no. 84). In contrast, stanzas 4-6 are widespread in the modern recorded repertoire and are usually sung together …
Hayrana Laih
… played a fundamental role in the creation of the Egypt’s modern music, and was a colleague of major composers such as … Music Conference he was recognized as a leading figure of modern Egyptian music. [2] His songs and compositions were … and Mourad are members of two consecutive generations of modern Egyptians covering a crucial and turbulent period in …

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…

Parallels Between the Old–French and the Jewish Song
A somewhat controversial article in which Idelsohn tries to show traces of Jewish music…
Edward Stark
Edward Stark was born in 1856 in Hohenems, Austria to father Josef Stark, a local cantor…

Maqam
Arabic term often translated as ‘mode’, ‘scale’, or ‘melody.’

Folk Music in Israel, An Analysis Attempted
The author is looking for common denominators like mode, melodic range,line of…