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Society for Jewish Folk Music
… music to this day. Vladimir Stasov, music historian and promoter of the New Russian National School of “The Five” – … was the memorable night when Jewish art music was born.” From that moment, Engel dedicated his life to transcribing, arranging, and promoting the musical heritage of Russian Jewry. He inspired …
Bulbe (Volkslied) – “Potato” (Folksong)
… a positive, kinderwelt style spirit. Stutchewsky refrained from the modernistic language that dominates the album in … of a more conventional soundscape. Outstanding is the chromatic two hands descending sixteen notes swirl, …
Niña llena de brillos (Ah ninia Jena di brillos, Ah ninia lüna di brilles)
… period. Based on a poem by Shlomo Shalem, a Ladino poet from Salonika, the original version was published in the …
Jacob Bachman
… Hayyai.” Reshumot 5 (1927): 145-160. Pictures are taken from: Bachmann, Jacob. Schirath Jacob . Moscow: P. …
A Crossroads of Jewish Music Scholarship: A. Z. Idelsohn and the Publication of Jewish Music in its Historical Development
… I will analyze the publication history of this work, from Idelsohn’s predecessor treatise Toldot HaNeginah …
Max Lampel (also: Lempel)
… him as a conductor and organist. Upon his return to Vienna from Prague, he continued his career as a conductor of choirs …
Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… and pleas. Do not turn us away, O our King, empty-handed from Your presence, for You listen with compassion to the … Carlebach , [5] Eli Gerstner and Dovid Nachman (2001) from the Neo-Hasidic ensemble, The Chevra, [6] Abie … Figure 1. The direction of movement begins with a cry from below to above—the octave leap—and from there, the …
A.Z. Idelsohn and the Study of the Traditional Pronunciations of Hebrew (Hebrew)
… phonetic features which are to be considered ancient, from others, which resulted from the influence on Hebrew of the vernaculars of the ethnic …
The Fall of Jerusalem in Song: The Ashkenazi Melody She’eh ne’esar
… addressing the musical aspects of Hebrew liturgical poetry from an evolutionary diachronic perspective. Among the texts … with other catastrophes in Jewish history. In spite of its prominence in Jewish historical memory, this fast day has not … of the common European song.” Melody emerges in this case from the poetic form and meter of the text. In his words, …