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The Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam
… in Holland. The synagogue was modeled after Solomon's temple and is constructed from large red bricks built upon … founders were the “Marranos and Anusim, who brought music with them from the Catholic church.” [1] He offers the … In addition to being a rabbi he was also a professional musician, like Salomone de Rossi, which could explain why he …
The Israeli Mediterranean Style
… selected versions of European Mediterranean styles in art music that Jewish composers—the founders of Israeli music, among them the Israeli Five: Paul (Frankenburger) … which presumably had remote resemblance to the music of the Temple or ancient Israel. The Mediterranean style embodied, …
Shir hama’alot - The umbilical cord between liturgical and domestic soundspheres in Ashkenazi culture
… Bavel [Psalm 137] referring to the destruction of the temple, which is said on days were the Ta h anun is recited … the typical melodies of the yearly cycle was a widespread musical custom of German-speaking Jews. [2] In many ways … emphasized how the domestic and public spheres shared a musical repertory. By the second half of the twentieth …
Chasidic in America
… Olshanetsky , the composer who is credited with the music of The Cantor’s Son . This virtuosic, wordless song … of Light: Yiddish Film Between Two Worlds. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1995. Netsky, Hankus. “Secular … of Light: Yiddish Film Between Two Worlds . Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1995, p. 259. 4 Hoberman, Bridge of …
Likhvod Hatanna Haelokai (In Honor of the Holy Tanna)
… in the celebrations at Mount Meron According to the klezmer musician Moshe (“Musa”) Berlin , the performance practices … the crowd. Today, however, according to Musa, the klezmer musicians do not stand next to the dancing audience. … you here/ In Honor of etc. Your city will be built and your Temple will be established/ And we await you on your three …
Woody Guthrie's Hanukah Songs
… express itself in its particular contemporary literary and musical taste has engendered new songs. These new songs … tyranny in its many forms. His influence on American music is incalculable, as new generations of musicians … of Judah and his military victories, the return to the Temple and the miracle jar of oil. It ends with a connection …
Skotshne/Skochne
… and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations from … refers to the term in question. It also indicates whether musical notation or sound recordings are included in the … general for the the remembrance of the destruction of the Temple -- ed.' Fridhaber 1960, p. 31 . “... Dvorak in his …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… legislative design. Because of the “folk” origins of its music and the re-writing of Naftali Herz Imber’s poem … Relations , ed. Zvia Ginor. Hoboken, NJ: Ktav and Temple Israel of Great Neck, NY, 1999, pp. 167-185. See also … Relations , ed. Zvia Ginor. Hoboken, NJ: Ktav and Temple Israel of Great Neck, NY, 1999, pp. 167-185. …
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 … of sections, in all six modes. Cantor Elizabeth Sacks of Temple Emanuel, Denver, recorded the notated examples in …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… of the opening stanza, is the refrain (the same words and music are repeated) and x, the last line of the rest of the … last word is a reference to the perpetual sacrifice in the Temple in Jerusalem. The refrain (from Numbers 28:23), recalls the close association between Temple sacrifices and synagogue prayers. Since the loss …