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Jewish Professional Musicians in Iraq and Israel, Revisited
… as the most prominent practitioners and disseminators of Near Eastern urban music, and had also laid the foundation for … country, as well as various ensembles dedicated to Middle Eastern fusions such as Bustan Abraham (see Brinner 2009 …
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… largest non-European record company active in the Middle East during the phonograph era; [1] from here onwards, I … to the en masse migration of Jews from North Africa and the Near East, thereby dislocating almost the entire Jewish … image of an Aleppo of the past, it also led back to the nearby Nahlaot quarter, the neighbourhood where Ish-Ran grew …
The Fall of Jerusalem in Song: The Ashkenazi Melody She’eh ne’esar
… Jewish historical memory, this fast day has not generated nearly as much Hebrew poetical creativity as the Ninth of … version of the melody, identified by Avenary as the “Eastern European” one, is quoted from Idelsohn in volume 8 … Thesaurus of Oriental Jewish Melodies , dedicated to the Eastern European Ashkenazi liturgy (1932, no. 211). This …
Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
… a brief general history of folk song ethnography in Eastern Europe, and of the cultural life of Jews in Latvia, … According to Karnes, folk songs were collected in Eastern Europe since the 1850s, decades after this practice … with a predominant Zionist rhetoric that emphasized the Near Eastern foundations of “authentic” Jewish culture. …
Jewish Professional Musicians in Iraq and Israel, Revisited
… as the most prominent practitioners and disseminators of Near Eastern urban music, and had also laid the foundation for … the country, as well as various ensembles dedicated to East-West fusions such as Bustan Abraham, energized the …
Book Review: Joel E. Rubin, New York Klezmer in the Early Twentieth Century
… Rubin evinces no loss of exuberance. As he explores nearly every note recorded by people who have become revered … the (sporadically documented) scene in nineteenth century Eastern Europe, retains the internal logic of klezmer as a … the field continues to move forward. … 12108 … Klezmer … Eastern Europe … Naftule Brandwein … Dave Tarras … New York …
Ethiopian Jews in Israel - a Musical Ethnography
… were airlifted from refugee camps in Sudan—was housed in a nearby abandoned kindergarten. The center became home to … Kay, 1986, Music, Ritual and Falasha History . East Lansing, MI: African Studies Center, Michigan State …
Beregovski Collection - Nign no. 3
… project titled 'The Hasidic nign in RIght Bank Ukraine and East Galicia: Between Autochthonous and External … porosity between vocal and instrumental repertoires of the Eastern European Jewish tradition. Figure 5: Version of the … of a Hassidic court in Jerusalem (previously in Kiryat Ata, near Haifa), used to sing this nign at the tish for the eve …
Fog al-Nakhal (فوق النخل): Multicultural and Transnational Journeys of an Iraqi Folksong
… is nowadays one of the most popular songs in the Middle East. It is a muwwashshah, “girdle” song, a traditional … al-Nakhal” also appears in the repertoire of several Middle Eastern communities and nations. In the context of the Iraqi … variant does not include some melismatic motives that are nearly identical in the other versions, causing the …
An Ashkenazi version of “Ehad mi yode’a” in…Arabic
… in Buenos Aires), scion to a family from Stawiski (northeast Poland, near Bialystok), refers in this excerpt to his family’s … today is not the original one, scholars should at least raise the possibility that a fully Aramaic version …