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Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… remembered for his contributions to the liturgical music of American Reform Judaism and his work on Biblical … most important early collectors and arrangers of Zionist music in America. In 1916, at the age of 21, Binder founded … in Latin letters in an inconsistent mix of Ashkenazic and Sephardic pronunciations. None of the songs have …
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 … A lengthy introduction provides ample historical and musical contexts. Karnes did not spare any effort in trying … Melngailis documented in extant publications of Jewish music, especially in anthologies of Yiddish songs, the most …
Atah Ehad
… see below. Although Idelsohn can be credited as the first musician to introduce this melody to the Zionist repertory … strophe from the piyyut “El mistater beshafrir h eviyon,” a Sephardic kabbalistic poem by R. Abraham Maimon (late … Binder 'Shabbes bei dem shalosh Seudes', New York, Metro music publication, 1938. Links For information on Netiva …

Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… and below each word. However, the chant also has clear musical features, with a variety of scales, motives, … In the present paper, I will provide a new perspective on musical features of Jewish cantillation in the Eastern … I will characterize each mode with a variety of music-analytical tools (not only in terms of scales, as is …