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The Training of Hazzanim in Nineteenth-Century Germany
… one generation to the next, from a hazzan skilled in the musical tradition to a young novice eager to learn, still …
The Karaite Jews of Israel Reconstruct their Heritage
… the methodological concepts of 'emics' and 'etics' in ethnomusicology Marcia Herndon (1993: 67) has observed that 'it … in the theoretical implications of case studies of the role music plays in displaced societies (Reyes-Schramm 1986; … from the perspective of a specific case study of the musical heritage of the Karaite Jews. … 9505 … Karaites … …
The Bergamasca: Some Jewish Links?
… , the popular Renaissance dance, and Jewish synagogue music? The idea had first been suggested by Eduard Birnbaum … its links - hypothetical as well as confirmed - with Jewish music. … 23139 … Bergamasca … Renaissance … Music … Jewish music … Synagogue music … Renaissance music … …
Jewish Singing and Boxing in Georgian England
… composed of dry lists of names, titles, textual and musical incipits, folio numbers, concordances, variant … are merely the stuff from which the historical and musical story may be reconstructed. Yet, as every library … question that for the first time ever the grounds of Jewish musical manuscript sources have been surveyed, mapped and …
To Please Both the Ear and the Eye: Moses Mendelssohn, Equal Temperament and the Delian Problem
… … Octave division … Tuning systems … Mendelssohn … Music theory … Music history … To Please Both the Ear and the Eye: Moses …
Unintentional History: Musical Moments in 1930s Yiddish Films
… has shown in a lifetime of work, the history of Jewish music is really a set of complex, interlocking histories. … of a given Jewish community and time in terms of its musical life. One type of situation, which I call 'unintentional history,' arises from music created for a particular moment that suddenly passes …
A Brief Account of the Development of the Field of Music Archaeology
… The Twelfth Congress of the International Musicological Society was held at the University of … group had been formed for the occasion on the topic “Music and Archaeology.” The participants in this group were … All the participants were eager to hear the views held by music historians on the values of the recovery of ancient …
The Mesopotamian Theory of Music and the Ugarit Notation — a Reexamination
… the present writing, research on the Mesopotamian theory of music has already been going on for more than fifteen years. … (see here Appendix A, Excursus 1). … 9434 … Mesopotamian … Music theory … Notation … Ugarit … Ancient … The Mesopotamian Theory of Music and the Ugarit Notation — a Reexamination … Bathja …
Mesopotamian Music Theory Since 1977
… in this volume, discusses the first five Mesopotamian music theory texts that had been published by 1977, … impact on our understanding of ancient Near Eastern music theory and practice. I discussed the first five … well as one other (Kilmer 1984). … 23459 … Mesopotamian … Music theory … Music history … Ancient music … Ancient … …
Sounds from the Divine: Religious Musical Instruments in the Ancient Near East
… Music is an indispensable part of religious acts in most, if … known cultures of the ancient as well as the modern world. Musical sounds — whether created by human voice or … As for general religious beliefs, communication through music was not restricted to human society but could also …