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Bernardo Feuer
… and secondary school in his hometown and was drawn to music from an early age. Feuer learned the basics of music from his father, and later joined several liturgical … Yiddish, workers’ songs, and choral symphonies drawn from popular repertoire. In addition, Feuer composed works …
The Bergamasca: Some Jewish Links?
… A connection between the bergamasca , the popular Renaissance dance, and Jewish synagogue music? The idea had first been suggested by Eduard Birnbaum … its links - hypothetical as well as confirmed - with Jewish music. … 23139 … Bergamasca … Renaissance … Music … Jewish …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… dating from 1511 , [11] the story is mentioned within the popular homiletic work Tsene-rene (Elbaum and Turniansky … liturgical function. [12] Yudisher shtam enjoyed immense popularity in Ashkenazi society, as is evidenced by the … century and relied instead on oral transmission of their musical traditions. [15] The only implicit written records …
In The Land Of The Pyramids: A Secular Take On Passover
… field of inquiry into the processes that constitute Jewish music repertoires, most especially in the modern period, … of the song and its catchy melody led to its reception and popularity as a “folk” song, at times deprived of any … of Edelstadt’s songs in Eastern Europe, “Der arbeter.” The popularity of “Piramidn” in the Russian Empire and later on …
Moshe Attias
… The Jewish Music Research Centre announces with sadness the recent … Elmaghribi, who enjoyed both international recognition and popularity among the various communities in Israel, Mwijo … “Hazarti Elaikh” (I Returned to You), or the immensely popular “ Zeh Lo Halom ” (It Is Not a Dream, recorded by …
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 … sacred and poetic texts with melodies from pre-existing popular songs, a practice with roots in the sixteenth … only as a matter of citizenship but as a matter of popular or collective consciousness—was still a viable …
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 … (despite Karnes’s claim that this song is unique). It was popularized during Israel’s 1948 War as “ Hafinjan ” (“The … songs sung by Holocaust survivors. The setting of the popular American melody and Hebrew verse was therefore not a …
La Galana: A Very Old-New Sephardic Song
… from archives around the world offer unique vistas on past musical cultures. These findings show the extent to which … old recordings show, among many other matters, that widely popular songs from the turn of the 20th century are absent … from the EMI Archive Trust (1907-1912) , is one of the many popular Sephardi songs that have not entered the canon of …
Book review: Hernan Tesler-Mabé, Mahler’s Forgotten Conductor
… The Cheese and the Worms (1980 [1976]) — which explores popular culture in sixteenth-century Italy through the eyes … in Unger’s history: Unger decided to “devote his life to music making” after hearing Mahler’s Lied von der Erde ; he … The Cheese and the Worms (1980 [1976]) — which explores popular culture in sixteenth-century Italy through the eyes …
Purim Lanu, Pesah a la Mano: Celebrating Flory Jagoda (1923-2021)
… … Back in 2008 we dedicated our Song of the Month to the popular piyyut “Purim, Purim, Purim lanu” (“Purim, Purim, … and their salvation by Esther and Mordecai, stressing the popular joy traditionally expressed on Purim for this … patterns animate its language, poetical structure and musical setting, as seen below. Purim, Purim Lanu (Ladino …