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Moshe Nathanson
… asserts that Moshe Nathanson was in fact responsible for the lyrics that have become so popular today. In 1922, … School of Music). In 1924, he became the cantor for the Society for the Advancement of Judaism (Mordecai Kaplan's … of Nathanson’s most important contributions to the field of Jewish music is his compilation of liturgical melodies, …
Tish-nigunim Ascribed to Yosl Tolner and the Aesthetics of the Genre
… chants, some with words but most without, historically performed primarily by men, either solo or collectively, in a … as early as 1927 in a collection of Lithuanian Jewish tunes (Bernstein [1927] 1958, #95), in which it is … style must consider the characteristic features of Hasidic society—the ambiance of each Hasidic court and the …
Yizhak Edel
… His grandfather, a Hassidic scholar, took responsibility for his education, and when Edel’s parents moved to Rovna, … grandfather. In his grandfather’s house, Edel received a Jewish education, but he was also exposed to music while … Theater. He also became acquainted with the works of the Society for Jewish folk Music which were based mainly in St. …
Hag Purim – The story behind its melody
… 1912, p. 6. In this publication the melody was arranged for soprano and two altos. Example 3 M'nuchoh v'simchoh , … 82-83. Example 8 Harry Coopersmith, editor, Little Books of Jewish Songs: Purim , Chicago: Board of Jewish Education, … in the way Purim is conceived by the secular Israeli Jewish society, from a religious festival to a children's festival …
Avigdor (Tibor) Herzog
… The Jewish Music Research Centre mourns the recent passing of … in the field of Jewish music were numerous and span for over eight decades in his capacity as performing … to find a place for himself in the post-war Hungarian society, he fulfilled his dream and settled in the …
Yiddish Folksong (The Music of the Yiddish Folksong)
… influenced by Slavic languages. Both the language and the folksongs, like many other elements of Ashkenazi culture, … alongside an attachment to the written word. Its performance contexts include functional or gender specific … baby, a secular activity, was sometimes accompanied by non-Jewish melodies, sometimes by religious melodies, and …
Bernardo Feuer
… especially of Feuer’s father. Feuer continued his studies for a brief period in Warsaw, though his family does not … exclusively synagogue material and included arrangements of Jewish folk songs, choral parts of operas in the original … provinces. He was an ad honorem advisor to the Hazzanim Society of Argentina and enjoyed respect and recognition …
In The Land Of The Pyramids: A Secular Take On Passover
… Studying songs for Passover offers us a rich field of inquiry into the processes that constitute Jewish music repertoires, most especially in the modern … several editions (from 1946 onwards, by the David Edelstadt Society founded in that city). Neil Levin characterized …
Betty Olivero
… Olivero is a winner of the most prestigious Emet Prize for Art, Science and Culture (2015), an Israeli prize … influence and make a significant contribution to society. In 2000 Olivero was awarded the Koussevitzky Award … contemporary compositional form, yet is inspired by ancient Jewish and other early musical traditions. Folk material …