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Soothing Lyres and epôidai: Music Therapy and the Cases of Orpheus, Empedocles and David
… The psychagogic efficacy of music, namely its power to act on the soul in such a way as … in ancient Greek thought on a likeness between soul and musical harmony. This idea involves also a “harmonious” …
Ancient Music in the Modern Classroom
… The French musicologist Jacques Chailley devoted his professional career to the revival of medieval music and ancient theater and to the study of Greek music. … he originally penned in French in 1961 stands out for its powerful and sweeping title: 40,000 Years of Music . Yet, …
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 … Such remarks provide little information concerning the music itself, yet they offer valuable insights for the … until the present day. Finally, we see that even the power of religion is limited. The wane and near …
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 … Drum in the Middle East: Women, Musical Instruments and Power.” Ethnomusicology 43/1: 101-134. Feld, Steven. 2015. …
Book Review: Joel E. Rubin, New York Klezmer in the Early Twentieth Century
… Rubin, New York Klezmer in the Early Twentieth Century: The Music of Naftule Brandwein and Dave Tarras . Syracuse: … trilogy of sorts, alongside Hankus Netsky’s Klezmer: Music and Community in Twentieth Century Jewish Philadelphia … mix, and the discussion might have begun to lose focus and power. But that’s not the point: Rubin’s analysis, including …
Ethiopian Jews in Israel - a Musical Ethnography
… Jewish-Ethiopian crafts (weaving, pottery, basketry) and music. The neighborhood had grown around an absorption … “conversions” from the immigrants and, importantly, it disempowered the spiritual leadership of the community (the … a key to the semantic “gold” and to negotiating life and power structures in society. In the Israeli context, wax and …
Idelsohn's Obituary of Abraham Goldfaden
… his own Gesamtkunstwerk, ‘Yiftah’, as ‘hizzayon negini’ (musical play). Modern Hebrew writers embraced the biblical … on his mastery of his specific heritage, will deliver a powerful performance of the “real” song of Israel that … plays, plural of ‘hizzayon’] of Israel’s history, with musical accompaniment (i.e., ‘hizzayon negini’), ‘that will …
Chassidisches Lied – Hasidic Song
… in G-od, the almighty, have developed a strong sense for music within their soul. For the Chassid the song and dance … The Chassidic pathos, the Chassidic spirit, the dynamic power of the songs reveal precisely in the repetition on the … mark in his developing approach to Eastern European Jewish music. ____________________________________ [1] J. …
Yǝtbārek… wanevāvo
… evokes the letters dalet and zayin which have performative power. Justice and light shall arise from Jerusalem. The … the end of the choir section. … The Liturgy of Beta Israel: Music of the Ethiopian Jewish Prayer … Aliyah … Ethiopia … … Jews … Ethiopian Liturgical Traditions … Jerusalem … Jewish musical traditions … Yom Kippur … Sabbath … Yǝtbārek… …
Idelsohn’s trilingual autobiography and Yiska Idelsohn’s oral memoire
… appeared in 1935. The English one was published in Jewish Music Journal 2, no. 2 (1935): 8-11. The Hebrew one appeared … Rabinovitz and he took upon himself to teach me the music theory and voice training. Yiska’s memoire: [3a] He … my speech was taken from me, although after a while the power of speech returned, but only off and on. Also my right …