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Stefanie Mockert
… Mockert, who graduated in Musicology from Humboldt University, Berlin, is a researcher at the Hebrew University's Jewish Music Research Centré. Her studies focus on the liturgical … at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. Former teachers include Prof. Yaron Rosenthal (Jerusalem) and …
Bore ‘ad ana – A Dirge for the Ninth of Av and its Geographical Distribution
… such as seli h ot . I have studied in great detail the musical setting of this poem in Sephardic communities, … among various communities, there seems to be an underlying musical structure tying together all the documented versions … 1947 to 1950, as a young man, he was an underground Hebrew teacher. In 1950, he studied at the renowned Midrash Beth …
Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
… a forgotten source from the collection of the Latvian musician Emilis Melngailis (1874–1954), a devoted collector … A lengthy introduction provides ample historical and musical contexts. Karnes did not spare any effort in trying … Yosef Milet (1889-1947) who was one of the pioneer music teachers in the Yishuv. The melody transcribed by Melngailis …
Purim Lanu, Pesah a la Mano: Celebrating Flory Jagoda (1923-2021)
… a la mano,” authored by singer, accordionist, composer and teacher Flory Jagoda (1923–2021), who at the time of this … patterns animate its language, poetical structure and musical setting, as seen below. Purim, Purim Lanu (Ladino …
German Jewish Sacred Musical Intersections
… aims to map, analyze and make German Jewish liturgical music ( minhag Ashkenaz ) accessible to the scholarly … for the symbolic public display, through the language of music, of new evolving aesthetic ideals, of Jewish public … networks engaged in diverse types of relations (such as teacher-disciple, soloist-chorister, guilds’ membership, …
Salim Shibith (Salim Ha-Cohen)
… Shibith reportedly took the additional step of engaging a teacher of Arabic literature and poetry to augment his … of the maqam , wrote Na‘im Twayna in his series on Iraqi musicians in Al-Anba’ newspaper (June 30, 1978). It is … , read The Urban Repertoire of Jewish Professional Musicians in Iraq and Israel: Instrumental Improvisation …
Leó Weiner
… Leó Weiner was born in Budapest. He had his first music and piano lessons from his brother, and later studied at the Academy of Music in Budapest, studying with János (Hans) Koessler. … his Serenade, Op. 3. In 1908, he became a theory teacher at the Budapest Academy of Music. He was appointed …
Shefa Gold
… program in Jewish chant. She is also a leader and a teacher at ALEPH (Alliance for Jewish Renewal), and with her … Energy & Ecstatic Practice. She is a composer of spiritual music and produced more than 10 albums. One of her famous … From that, Gold's definition of chanting: the musical and rhythmic repetition of a sacred phrase from a …
Salamone Rossi’s HaShirim Asher LiShlomo in its Fourth Centennial (5383-5783)
… Even if you are mildly interested in Jewish music, you cannot avoid Salamone Rossi and his … poems has not ceased to captivate the imagination of modern musicians, scholars and their audiences. As time passed, … reviewed the trailblazing biography of Rossi by his admired teacher Prof. Don Harrán z”l . Harrán dedicated a …
Avigdor (Tibor) Herzog
… The Jewish Music Research Centre mourns the recent passing of ethnomusicologist Avigdor Herzog (1922-2022), one of the founders … he studied at music academy in Budapest, having among his teachers Zoltán Kodály, a staunch advocate of the …