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A Recovered Voice from the Past
… Avraham Zvi Idelsohn, the founding father of modern Jewish musical research. Idelsohn’s life traversed several … artifacts that still define in many ways the Jewish musical imagination in both its scholarly and popular forms. … girl replying to them in Hebrew. They were the ones who influenced us to speak in Hebrew and only in Hebrew in our …
Idelsohn’s trilingual autobiography and Yiska Idelsohn’s oral memoire
… sounded beautiful to me, loved singing and had a very good musical memory, excellent for remembering melodies that he … left Libau in the spring of 1901 for Berlin to continue my musical education. Hebrew version: He kept his promise and … me music theory and also the beginning of harmony. He also influenced me to become acquainted with the classical music …
James Levy
… The musical lore of James Levy's family has deep roots in … 1957. During all these years, he never forgot his father's musical tradition. Many years later, around the age of … British, Spanish-Portuguese, Moroccan and even Argentinian influences. James dedicated this work to the memory of his …
The Music on Comtat-Venaissin
… administration and the Jews of the Comtat. [5] As regards musical records, the only document in our possession is a … memorial of this sublime sacred music. I have been greatly influenced by the character of this liturgy and I have … Centre for Jewish Music in Palestine, 1936-1940: Jewish musical life on the eve of World War II (Oxford: Clarendon …
Haim Louk
… the time, was a significant charismatic teacher who greatly influenced Louk's musical path. At the age of 10, Louk met Rabbi David … of a school, a position he held for 22 years. Louk's musical career, which began in Morocco, further developed …
Shabbat and Year Cycle Songs from the Collection of James Levy
… reflects James Levy's profound connection to his father's musical legacy and the enduring cultural traditions of … Levy family, this collection integrates sacred and secular influences from Gibraltar, Morocco, Argentina, and beyond. … Comprising over 350 songs, it represents a distinctive musical heritage, preserving the melodies of past …
Tish-nigunim Ascribed to Yosl Tolner and the Aesthetics of the Genre
… experiences, it was widely appreciated for its beauty, musical features, and spiritual power, emerging from … and rhythmic qualities. These two functions—the extramusical as the primary and the aesthetic as the … along with technological shifts and internal political influences, led to significant and relatively swift changes …
Book Review: Music’s Making - The Poetry of Music; The Music of Poetry
… me at all. To the contrary, I would like to hear a few musical things about it. There was nothing to read about … I would indeed like to know what objection my opponents, musically—objectively, have against my work. So please … did include. What is omitted, and how do those omissions influence the book’s character and structure? It is the …
A Flowering Debate: A Judeo-Spanish Song (not just) for Tu BiShvat
… seder see, Huss 2019 ) that nevertheless exerted great influence on modern Sephardic and Oriental Jewish ritual … emerged therefore from a rich multicultural poetic and musical background that can be traced back to the medieval … Mahur in its header (see Figure 2 above ). Evidence of this musical tradition of El debate de las flores is scant. A …
Hadas Rishony
… from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She works as a musical editor and broadcaster at 'Kan Kol Hamuzika' radio … projects led by Professor Edwin Seroussi at the Jewish Musical Research Center and was also a teaching assistant … from their repertoire, alongside the factors that may influence the quality of pitch encoding into long-term …