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Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… instructions The four phrases of the melody are titled: Solo I [cantor’s first part]; Chor [choir’s first part] I; Solo II [cantor’s second part]; Chor II [choir’s second … The first stanza carries the performance indication Solo (cantor). This is followed by the indication Ebenso …

«A Special Kind of Antisemitism»: On Russian Nationalism and Jewish Music
… founding of the Society for Jewish Folk Music, the composer Solomon Rosowsky published a short memoir, in which he … on the picture to view the score. Similarly, upon meeting Solomon Rosowsky in 1904, a Russian lawyer and revolutionary … or his music. All he could focus on was his Jewish name: “Solomon! Why, it smells Biblical!” He kept repeating the …