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Book review: James Kaplan, Irving Berlin: New York Genius
… of fame in 1925, but Berlin steadfastly refused to cooperate with others who wished to write about him (except for … by Ian Whitcomb (1987), still one of the most musically literate surveys, and a journalistic rehash of the legends by … could speak”. This latter phrase Kaplan singles out as “modernism on the hoof: startlingly formal innovation …
Purim Lanu, Pesah a la Mano: Celebrating Flory Jagoda (1923-2021)
… repertoire, to the point that its first verse also generated a popular adage, “Purim, Purim, Purim lanu, Pesah a … adage became the opening line of one of the most popular modern Ladino songs, “Pesah a la mano,” authored by singer, … mano” shows also the porosity between diverse Sephardi literary genres in different languages, written and oral. A …
Moshe Cordova
… They named their congregation Comunità Israelitico-Straniera di Rito Spagnuolo-Portoghese di Constantinopoli … of the acting chief rabbi of Istanbul, Haim Bejerano (also a poet and composer), Itzak Algazi, the … Israeli Radio from the Ohel Moed synagogue, the central and modern Sephardic sanctuary in south Tel Aviv. Two …
Jewish Professional Musicians in Iraq and Israel, Revisited
… came to Israel to study the music of first-generation Jewish immigrants from Iraq. From 1979 to 1981 … and had also laid the foundation for what became known as modern Iraqi music. Most of these musicians moved to Israel … Its development was entwined with ideas and processes of modernization. Warkov focused especially on takasim —the …
German Jewish Sacred Musical Intersections
… in Vienna, Berlin and Paris. … The paradigm consists of several elements. First, a modern conceptualization of an endangered “heritage” of solo … taking place within this musical practice as the result of modernity and globalization. A lachrymose attitude to the …
Ethiopian Jews in Israel - a Musical Ethnography
… of Gadi Negusse—who arrived with his family during Operation Moses of 1984-5, when over 6,000 Ethiopian Jews … lineup and traditionally-clad dancers in high-exposure general-public events, such as the Safed Music Festival and the … 11(2):161-173. Gilroy, Paul, 1993, The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness . Cambridge, MA: Harvard …
Beregovski Collection - Nign no. 3
… in the wider context of Hasidic music research is a desideratum. The present essay, focusing on Nign no. 3, shows the … manuscript of 1946 (see above), was published several times. It appeared in print for the first time in … nineteenth century, becoming an emblematic signifier of modern Israeli culture. As Mazor has shown in his …
Curt Sachs
… musical instruments in 200 years. As one of the founders of modern organology (the study of the nature and history of … 2009. The Lexicon of Persecuted Musicians from the Nazi Era includes a comprehensive bibliography about Curt Sachs. … … American musicologist of German birth, founders of modern organology … Musicologist … German Jews … American … …
A Moroccan Synagogue Service
… among Moroccan Jews in Israel, it was always a peripheral topic, and mostly focused on the slippage of … and Oriental pedigree and, to a certain measure, to modern colonial contexts, mostly French-Jewish. Yet, this … only, others much deeper that comprise, in my opinion, a modern development. There are of course aesthetic reasons …
Pete Sokolow
… klezmer roots in the Catskills span older and newer generations of Jewish musicians. Sokolow has played with many … Yiddish, Multiple languages. By Yiddish Book Center: Regenerating Jewish Culture. Pete Sokolow discussed and … Pete Sokolow , Northeastern University. Kalish Jon. In Modern Klezmer, 'The Oldest Old Guy' Is The King Of The …