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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 … (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 … concerts whose programs revolved mainly around Mahler’s music to the repeated efforts to perform Mahler in Canada. …
Purim Lanu, Pesah a la Mano: Celebrating Flory Jagoda (1923-2021)
… 25 … 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 …
Book Review: Charles B. Hersch, Jews and Jazz Improvising Ethnicity
… and penetrating history of Jews in American jazz music, which should become a first stop for those wishing to … nearly everything about the history of Jews and jazz music is difficult to categorize, analyze, or even begin to … bandleaders, including Benny Goodman, who had the most popular band in America throughout the 1930s (and who also …
Ethiopian Jews in Israel - a Musical Ethnography
… Jewish-Ethiopian crafts (weaving, pottery, basketry) and music. The neighborhood had grown around an absorption … be fired at the kiln and put up for sale, and a traditional music and dance troupe . Also named Meseret , the troupe … national reincarnation, sparked both media interest and the popular imagination. … But the community underwent (and …
Beregovski Collection - Nign no. 3
… of its contents in the wider context of Hasidic music research is a desideratum. The present essay, focusing … source it was reprinted in M. Beregovski, Old Jewish Folk Music: The Collections and Writings of Moshe Beregovski … thinking (expressed mostly in chordal melodic motifs) and popular urban rhythmic patterns to the Hassidic repertoire …
A Moroccan Synagogue Service
… “ Liturgy: An Overlooked Space in the Moroccan Jewish Musical Map .” This extract is accompanied by the recordings … al-Sheikh (1900-1970). However, it belongs to a genre of popular songs that draw heavily from folk styles from the … in Israel. The song was made famous by its recording by the popular singer Yehoram Gaon, whose family is of Eastern …
Jeff Klepper
… singer-songwriter style that took over American synagogue music during the second half of the 20th century. He started … HUC campus in New York. He cooperated with a lot of Jewish musicians; His best-known cooperation was with Rabbie Dan … is “Shalom Rav” which he composed in 1974 and is still a popular melody in synagogues around the globe. He also …
Dudu Tassa
… David 'Dudu' Tassa is an Israeli rock musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer of Mizrahi … Daud to Dudu: Israeli rock star makes classic Iraqi songs popular again ' . Radio France Internationale, (2019). … an Iraqi Revival' , Songlines, (2019). … Israeli rock musician, singer and songwriter … Muzika Mizrahit … 0 … …