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Kol beru’e ma’ala umata
… of the Portuguese Jewish community of Amsterdam before World War II. According to Rev. Lopes Cardozo, it was Zwi … in the Italian tradition of Padua (see: Italian Jewish Musical Traditions from the Leo Levi Collection , AMTI 0201, …
A Recovered Voice from the Past
… in the Jewish past. A case in point is the scholar and musician Avraham Zvi Idelsohn, the founding father of modern … and many famous rabbis. [15] Quite suddenly, the First World War broke out. At this time [1914], we were living in … over. The Hilfsverein employed Idelsohn until the break of World War I. [2] Eliyahu Idelsohn was born in South Africa …
Idelsohn’s trilingual autobiography and Yiska Idelsohn’s oral memoire
… appeared in 1935. The English one was published in Jewish Music Journal 2, no. 2 (1935): 8-11. The Hebrew one appeared … only the first volume could be printed, for soon the world-war broke out and all cultural activities had to stop. … would often forego a meal for these. Military service in World War I English version: I was enlisted in the Turkish …
Mapping of German Liturgical Music
… The Jewish Music Research Centre is proud to present a map of all known and available printed sources of liturgical music form the German-speaking Jewish world. This map derives from the online data base available …
James Levy
… The musical lore of James Levy's family has deep roots in … Presence in Latin America ). He also composed liturgical music. Following his father's death, Samuel moved to … for aviation to work as a bookkeeper. He got married during World War II and the family moved to Canada in 1957. During …
Revisiting a Forgotten Treasure in Philadelphia
… is very well known among scholars and collectors of Jewish music for its rich musical resources. The most substantial and valuable … Cantor) of this synagogue during the two decades preceding World War II. He rescued the volumes a few days after …
Jews in Gibraltar and the music of their synagogues
… Jews in Gibraltar and the music of their synagogues: An introduction Introducing the … allows us to explore one of the most challenging Jewish music traditions. Although a Jewish presence in Gibraltar is … during this period, most patently the evacuations during World War II. Still, the voices that were recorded mostly in …
Abraham Beniso
… Beniso was born in Gibraltar, on January 21, 1923. During World War ІІ he was evacuated to London where he lived for … synagogues. He studied singing at the London College of Music and later accepted to the Guildhall School of music … in concerts and public events (Jewish and non-Jewish) on a worldwide scale. His travels took him to Johannesburg, New …
‘Le-El ‘Olam’ by Mordecai Dato: In search of a melody for an ancient Italian Hebrew poem
… mystics of Safed and spready rapidly throughout the Jewish world, especially to Italy. One key figure in these Safedian … addition to ‘Lekhah Dodi.’ Even more important for the main musical argument of this Song of the Month (see below), the … with corrections apparently by Dato himself, includes a musical reference in its title, “Benigun anshei emunah’ i.e. …
Enrico Fink
… Enrico Fink has carried out his music and musical research interests together with his ongoing … as lecturer, as guest cantor, bringing to audiences worldwide the repertoires of Italian Jewish synagogue song …