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The “Hebrew Melody” by Joseph Achron: New version for voice, violin and piano premiered in Jerusalem, January 8, 2009
… The version of 1928 is set for soprano and piano, with a Russian text written by Achron’s wife, Marie Rap-hoph … was intended to be performed by Nina Koschetz, the famous Russian soprano whose life intersected with major Russian composers such as Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev. In …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… Mahzor at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy in St. Petersburg D 101 (F 69720) includes …
Moyshelekh Un Shloymelekh (part 1)
… Bialik and composed by Platon G. Brounoff (Elizavetgrad, Russia 1869 – New York, 1924). Bialik's poem was first …
In Ale Gasn\ Hey Hey Daloy Politsey
… of Jewish socialists, communists, and even anarchists, in Russia and Poland since the ending of the 19th century until … at rallies of the Labor Bund, the Jewish communist party in Russia and Poland. As mentioned above, the piece is …
Yechidi Laderech Li Etse'a
… 'Alone I set out on the road,' wrote Lermontov, the great Russian poet, in 1841. This line has been sung many times, as it came from the very popular Russian romance, 'Vyhozhu odin ja na dorogu' (Alone I set out on the road). The song travelled all the way from Russia to Israel during the second Aliya, which consisted of …
Admor
… by rabbi Nahman for his Hassidim. Prior to the opening of Russia to the west, Breslau Hassidim used to go to Jerusalem …
Tish
… dates on which the Lubavitch Admorim were freed from the Russian Tsar’s jail, on the 19 th of Kislev, and 12 th of …
Society for Jewish Folk Music
… Voice and Jews In the spring of 1897, on the eve of the Russian Orthodox Easter, two Russian musicians met in an encounter that was to have … Vladimir Stasov, music historian and promoter of the New Russian National School of “The Five” – Rimsky-Korsakov, …
Brakha Tzefira
… singer and as a choir conductor on various occasions. The Russian director Alexander Diki saw her in one of Hakumkum's … of some important figures, such as Albert Einstein and Russian director Sergei Eisenstein. In 1930 they returned to …
Karaite Jews Musical Tradition
… Karaite from Kazakhstan. The third melody originated in Russia and was circulated by Ania Janjakovsky. These three … as well as rhyme schemes that are characteristic of Russian and Polish songs. It is difficult to ascertain the …