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Ernest Bloch
… Institute of Music, a position he held until 1925. Bloch’s early works, such as Macbeth (1910) and Symphony in C Sharp … German school, specifically composer Richard Strauss. The year 1916 also marked a distinct change in Bloch’s …
Di Kishefmakerin (The Sorceress)
… by this publisher lacked musical scores, likely for fear of copyright infringement. Source: Yiddish Drama …
'Et sha'are ratzon
… tekiah (names of different sound patterns of the shofar) appear to emulate the sounds of the shofar . The ending of this … declaration "Tell Zion that the time for its salvation is near" is a highlight of the Rosh Hashanah services. The …
Rikudl (LKT)
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…
Shemonah-esreh tants (LKT)
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…
In The Land Of The Pyramids: A Secular Take On Passover
… through my private collection of Jewish songsters in search for new songs for Passover for my online classes … did not have to wait for the Coronavirus to use distance learning!) I found the Yiddish song “Piramidn.” The song, whose first line is “In dem land fun piramidn,” appears in Samuel Bugatch’s Songs of Our People (דורות זינגען – …
Kozak (LKT)
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…
Zoock (Volkstanz) – Zhok (Folk dance)
… Moldavian and Rumanian dance genre in fast triple meter appeared mainly as a wedding march during street processions. … different in character. Its melody is more lyrical and linear, with a sustained G major tonal center. The … dissonance sound within the folk tunes and referred to an early transcription of a Jews’ Dance based on sustained …
Taqsim in Maqam Farah Faza
… Salman, qanun … Taqsim: Instrumental Improvisation in Near Eastern Traditions … Twentieth (20th) Century … Taqsim …