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Dort wo die Zeder: A Forgotten Zionist Anthem in German
… ‘kißt’ in the first line). A formal Yiddish translation by “Rev. M. I. Broyda” appears a bit later in the important early American … content, musical mode and melodic contour, eventually prevailed over Dort wo die Zeder as the anthem of the Zionist …
Léibele Schwartz
Schwartz was born in Brod, Poland, on March 22, 1928 as Yehudah Leib Kirzner. He began…
Book Review: Joel E. Rubin, New York Klezmer in the Early Twentieth Century
… since passed on, some of the first generation of young 'revival' musicians are retiring (Rubin just announced his), … nearly every note recorded by people who have become revered as masters of instrumental klezmer music in the … Europe … Naftule Brandwein … Dave Tarras … New York … Book Review: Joel E. Rubin, New York Klezmer in the Early …
Tish-nigunim Ascribed to Yosl Tolner and the Aesthetics of the Genre
… attributed to Yosl and nigunim from other “Russian” areas reveals that most of them follow the old-style patterns, … the wide spread of melodic patterns like this one, all revealing proximity to old anhemitonic motives. There is no … individuality or subjective interpretations but rather to reveal the beauty and aesthetic potential of eastern …

Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… public campaign by its author, presented as “up-to-date, revolutionary research” on the subject and delivered in live … of the press. This show, which is neither “up-to-date” nor “revolutionary,” runs nowadays as a world tour . Baltsan’s … Hatikvah . Therefore, we rely solely on common knowledge previously published and reproduced by a long chain of …