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Gesture, Dance and Melody in Traditional Ashkenazi Culture
The Fifteenth World Congress Of Jewish Studies Jerusalem
Session: Ashkenazi…
In Which Direction Do Hebrews Play Music?: Abraham Zvi Idelsohn and the Musical Aesthetics of Zionism
The Fifteenth World Congress Of Jewish Studies Jerusalem
Special panel (Plenary of…
Baqqashah (Pl. Baqqashot)
The Baqqashot (petition) is a religious practice maintained by several Jewish…
Ahavat ‘Olamim
Ahavat ‘olamim (Everlasting Love) is an original production based on a performance held…
Ten Zemirot Ami: New Melodies for Piyyutim from the Aleppo Mahzor (1527)
Ten zemirot ‘ami is the second disc in the new “Contemporary Jewish Music” series of the…
With Songs They Respond: The Diwan of the Jews from Central Yemen
The Jews of Yemen possess rich musical traditions, which have always been of interest to…
Responsorial Singing
“Call and response,” “responsive,” or “responsorial” is a singing performance style in…
The Tedeschian Community
[1]The Tedeschian Jews are Ashkenazi Jews who originated in Germany, and immigrated to…
Freylekhs
Yiddish term, popularly used to refer to a joyful Niggun, and is still used as…
Society for Jewish Folk Music
Violins, Voice and Jews
In the spring of 1897, on the eve of the Russian Orthodox…