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Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… great significance of the ‘Akedah narrative in Ashkenazi culture, as expressed through the poems that were sung to … our search for recordings of ‘Akedah piyyutim at the National Sound Archives (NSA) at the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem has yielded only one …
Jewish Professional Musicians in Iraq and Israel, Revisited
… and marginalized by mainstream (Western-oriented) Israeli culture. Only one Israeli institution— the Israeli Broadcast … artists of the highest caliber, in Israel and internationally: Simon Shaheen, Nabil Azzam, Taiseer Elias, and … part due to the Oslo peace process and to increasing international interest in ‘world’ or ‘ethnic’ musics, classical …
In The Land Of The Pyramids: A Secular Take On Passover
… me their resources and knowledge: Dr. Gila Flam from the National Library of Israel; Dr. Alex Hartov from the … them had immigrated. Against the paradigm whereas Yiddish culture had a “one-way” circulation, from the Old to the New … Belarsky’s LP Link to recording: https://soundcloud.com/nationallibrary-of-israel/sets/seder-nights-with-sidor (see …
Moshe Attias
… such as Jo Amar and Samy Elmaghribi, who enjoyed both international recognition and popularity among the various … ethos of the Zionist movement and the Israeli culture that emerged from it. Even when he recorded in … led him to perform with what he defined as “the Algerian National Orchestra,” in France in 1981. He preferred the …
Nuestro Señor Eloheinu/Las tablas de la Ley: A Song for Shavuot
… Gözlem Gazetcilik Basin ve Yayin, Ottoman-Turkish Sephardic Culture Research Center, 2009. (Book, 5 CDs and DVD) The … 33 seconds only), recorded by Leo Levy in 1959. YC 00182, National Library of Israel. The Straits of Gibraltar and … Gibraltar area by Shlomo ben Moshe Tov Elem dated in 1825 (National Library of Israel, Ms no. 3716, fol. 16.a), reveal …
The “Jewish Baroque”: The Allure of a Modern Musical Affair
… that musical diversity is the natural state of Jewish culture. Lidarti’s setting was a case exemplifying this … of historical European Jewish communities. Driven by a nationalist-oriented agenda to constitute a history of … Catalogue with a Checklist of Printed Sources (2 vols. International Inventory of Musical Sources B: IX.1. Munich: …
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… musical history, concerns about a Jewish musician’s national authenticity, dreams about a city never seen, or my … dissolution of its musical material into the two distinct (national) categories of “Arab” and “Jewish”. It is to a … land [stomp], forced us out of our homes [stomp], but our culture is something they cannot steal. When we stamp our …
The Edith Gerson-Kiwi Legacy
… Leipzig, Heidelberg, Freiburg i. Br. and Paris. When the National Socialists prevented the publication of her … concerns in Israel, Gerson-Kiwi is a very significant international figure in many respects if one takes into … musicology and Jewish music, and a mediator between German culture and scholarship and the nascent Israeli Jewish …
Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
… The introduction offers English readers a survey of Jewish culture in Latvia, where several languages (Latvian, … Leib Joffe (1897) is partially based on the Lithuanian national song Kur bėga Šešupė by the poet Maironis and … performers were collected prior to having been endowed with national signification. Toward the end of the introduction, …
La Galana: A Very Old-New Sephardic Song
… around the world offer unique vistas on past musical cultures. These findings show the extent to which … (1987, p. 141) and an audio recording by Roza Avzaradel (National Library of Israel, Sound Archive, Y 05824a, … ’ by Moshé Cazés . Jerusalem: Misgav Yerushalayim-The National Authority for Ladino; Thessaloniki: The Ets Ahaim …