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Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
… a forgotten source from the collection of the Latvian musician Emilis Melngailis (1874–1954), a devoted collector … Meir Shimon Geshuri argued that “Our music must remain Oriental in character, since we were an Oriental people in the Land of Israel” (Geshuri 1943). A …
Bore ‘ad ana – A Dirge for the Ninth of Av and its Geographical Distribution
… of prayers for the Ninth of Av among the Sephardic and Oriental Jewish communities. The identity of the author is … such as seli h ot . I have studied in great detail the musical setting of this poem in Sephardic communities, … among various communities, there seems to be an underlying musical structure tying together all the documented versions …
The Edith Gerson-Kiwi Legacy
… (1908-1992) is considered one of the founders of Israeli musicology. She studied piano and musicology in Berlin, … and settled in Jerusalem. There he founded the Archive for Oriental Music at the Hebrew University. Edith Gerson-Kiwi … I - Zwei Aufsaetze: Die Musik im Volksleben Nordafrikas; Orientalische Musik und Antike (in German) Lachmann …
Nili Belkind
… the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She holds a PhD in Ethnomusicology from Columbia University (2014) and is an ethnomusicologist specializing in the Middle East—with a special … (2013); cultural policy and diplomacy (2010 and 2021); Orientalism (2024). Prior to her academic career Nili spent …
The Fall of Jerusalem in Song: The Ashkenazi Melody She’eh ne’esar
… Hebrew Hymn Melodies : The Rise and development of a Musical Tradition (Tel Aviv, 1970), Hanoch Avenary set a new … Idelsohn’s introduction to volume 7 of the Thesaurus of Oriental Jewish Melodies (1932, p. xxxix), which also refers … melodies.” Figure 5. A. Z. Idelsohn, Thesaurus of Oriental Hebrew Melodies , vol. 7, no. 295 This version is …
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… seaboard. With me, I carry a treasure, a piece of lost musical history, or so I believe. Saved on my mobile phone … stored in the shelves of the Lebanese Foundation for Arab Music Archiving and Research (AMAR). Located in the little … of Remembrance and Representation.” Ph.D. diss., School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). Doubleday, Veronica. …
Moshe Attias
… The Jewish Music Research Centre announces with sadness the recent … point to a dialogue with the mainstream of Israeli Oriental pop, as shown by love songs such as the … recruited his artistic gifts to advance the status of the Oriental Jewry in general and the Moroccan Jewry in …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… century and relied instead on oral transmission of their musical traditions. [15] The only implicit written records … returned to the subject in the seventh volume of Hebräisch-orientalischer Melodienschatz , dedicated to the synagogue … (when the gates of mercy open), which is sung in oriental Jewish communities during Rosh Hashanah services …
Introduction to Idelsohn’s Autobiographical Sketches
… completion of the German version of the Hebräisch-orientalischer Melodienschatz and marked the end of … was printed half a year later in Jacob Beiml's Jewish Music Journal (New York). … 9593 … Idelsohn A.Z. … …
Idelsohn’s Scholarly and Literary Publications: An Annotated Bibliography
… was regarded by many as the savant and saviour of Jewish music. In 1932 on the double occasion of his fiftieth … the publication of the tenth volume of the Hebr ä isch -orientalischer Melodienschatz , his unique status was … publication of Professor Idelsohn's 'Thesaurus of Hebrew Oriental Melodies' has elicited articles concerning the man …