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El Shokhen Shamayim - A Recorded Pearl of Andalusian Hebrew Music from Algeria Recovered
… Maghrebi and colonial Europeans, this recording brings to life a unique sonic moment that precedes the dissolution of … [makam] Ushak, a reference to the Ottoman music genre and musical mode used by the singers. The song appears later on … an indication that the song was probably set to a Turkish musical piece whose refrain included non-textual syllables. …
Avigdor (Tibor) Herzog
… school will reverberate throughout the rest of his life. The strong antisemitic atmosphere that reigned in … His ties to the national religious movement and his musical and musicological upbringing soon opened doors of … the goal of this new institution was to document Jewish musical traditions and make them available to the …
Songs of Palestinian Jews from the Collection of Isaac Lurie (1913)
… (songs of religious content) for Sabbaths, Holydays and life cycle events recorded in 1913 in Ottoman Palestine from … the earliest surviving specimens of Middle Eastern Jewish musical traditions. By nature of the technological … opportunity to validate historical theories of musical change that have been based solely on the …
The Idelsohn Project
… educator, and cantor, Abraham Zvi Idelsohn (1882-1938), his life is still uncharted territory. He has long been … music research,” and one of the earliest proponents of musical Hebrewism as the basis for the sonic renewal of … remains an enigma. This lacuna is unfortunate. Idelsohn’s musical nationalism presents an ideal case to further …
Eastern Mediterranean Judeo-Spanish Songs
… public interest in the role commercial recordings had on musical traditions from the early twentieth century, that … ago Sunday, November 22, 2020, 7 p.m. Hadass Pal-Yarden : musical direction, vocals Yaniv Ovadia : baglama Eliyahu … … Kalyviotis, Aristomenis, 2015 >>> Thessaloniki, Musical life before 1912 . Karditsa: Author’s edition. (in Greek). … …
Idelsohn's Obituary of Abraham Goldfaden
… after the disappearance of the deceased, the events of his life, however according to convention only in a superficial … his own Gesamtkunstwerk, ‘Yiftah’, as ‘hizzayon negini’ (musical play). Modern Hebrew writers embraced the biblical … plays, plural of ‘hizzayon’] of Israel’s history, with musical accompaniment (i.e., ‘hizzayon negini’), ‘that will …
Zoock (Volkstanz) – Zhok (Folk dance)
… back to the celebrative moments of traditional Jewish life. Stutschewsky wrote about this genre in his book on … carry the names of famous klezmer players. And although the musical essence for these pieces were indeed influenced by … characteristics, yet it would be fine not to include a musical example to this thesaurus of klezmer music. …
Sheva' Berakhot ("Seven Blessings")
… the suffering disappear from Israel and joyful occasions proliferate"). The complete, traditional version of the Seven … Rugiade di Canti/ Singing Dew: The Florence-Leghorn Jewish Musical Traditions , Beth Hatefutsoth, BTR 0201, no. 20). … …
Isaac Levy
… director of the section of ethnic music of Kol Yisrael. His life's work was devoted to collect and to preserve the songs … to generation for more than 500 years. During his life he published four books containing Sephardic romances … of Judaeo-Spanish music who continues this musical tradition. He died in Jerusalem in 1977. Isaac Levy …
Karel Berman
… After extensive musical education, Karel Berman started his career as … deported to Theresienstadt, where he took part in cultural life as a singer, composer and director. On 11 July 1944, … website. … Composer & baritone, was active in the musical life of Theresienstadt (Terezín) … Karel Berman …