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Jewish Professional Musicians in Iraq and Israel, Revisited

3. Music by Salah al-Kuwayti

… (vocals, ‘ud) with Salah al-Kuwayti on violin, Albert Elias on nay, and a small chorus. Recorded in Israel in 1969 …

1. Maqam Bayat Nawa

… Instrumentalists include Avraham Salman (qanun), Albert Elias (nay), and violin (likely al-Kuwayti or Sassoon …

… of improper moral behavior (oral communication of Albert Elias to David Regev Zaarur)—Zaarur was appointed, … May 3, 1951 (see below a recorded interview with violinist Elias Zbeda ). According to various oral testimonies by Elias Zbeda, Zaarur was also came to be in charge of the …

Music of the Jews of Monastir

… processing the Sephardic field recordings done by J oe Elias , arguably the most prominent Monastirli active … in the playlist are made available to the public by Dan Elias. Digital repair and mastering by Nikhil Wadhwa and … Majerczyk. See also in our website the biographies of Sarah Elias ("Shorty") and Joe Elias. … Ladino, Ladino - …

Sarah “Shorty” Elias

… Sarah “Shorty” Elias grew up in Ottoman Monastir, where she worked as a … the United States. There, she met and married Rabbi David Elias, a member of the leading Rabbinic family of Monastir. … and to whom they taught the music of their childhoods. Joe Elias , the youngest child, born in 1933, remembered …

Joe Elias

… Joe Elias was born into a Sephardic family in Brooklyn. The … children, Joe learned his songs on his mother’s knee, Sarah Elias . As a schoolteacher in the 1960’s, he would collect … his performance, the Smithsonian urged Joe to form The Elias Ladino Ensemble. He continued performing and teaching …

‘Le-El ‘Olam’ in Sefer ha-maftir shel Urbino

‘Le-El ‘Olam’ by Mordecai Dato: In search of a melody for an ancient Italian Hebrew poem

… was made in February 1954 in Milan. The informant, Raoul Elia, had moved to Milan after the war and worked for the … and you can listen to it here: … The song recorded by Elia is not ‘Le-El ‘Olam’, but the famous poem ‘Adon ‘Olam,’ … significant piece of information in Levi’s annotation to Elia’s recording that has often been overlooked is the …