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Nahum Heiman
Natan Yonatan, Nahum Heiman's friend and writing partner says about his friend (in the…
Meir Shimon Geshuri
Meir Shimon Geshuri (née Bruckner; April 19, 1897 - December 9, 1977) was an Israeli…
Abraham Zvi Idelsohn
Idelsohn was born in Filsberg, Latvia (former Kurland or Courland) and began his…
Baqqashah (Pl. Baqqashot)
The Baqqashot (petition) is a religious practice maintained by several Jewish…
Society for Jewish Folk Music
Violins, Voice and Jews
In the spring of 1897, on the eve of the Russian Orthodox…
The Jerusalem-Sephardic Tradition
This article shows the crystallization of the prayer and singing style known as “…
Mordekhai Hershman
Mordekhai (Mordecai; Mordkhe) Hershman was born in 1888 in Chernigov (Polish: Chernikhov…
Andalusian Nuba
In this article we will review the development of the Nuba, which is considered the…
Yiddish Folksong (The Music of the Yiddish Folksong)
… include functional or gender specific performances (wedding songs, playsongs, lullabies, religious …