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Society for Jewish Folk Music
… Bloch and others. They laid much of the foundation of modern art music written in Palestine and later Israel, as … combination, such a favorite during the Baroque period, was virtually abandoned by the classical and … circles of New York and other Jewish communities of the period. His arrangements lack the interest of most of the …
Hayrana Laih
… played a fundamental role in the creation of the Egypt’s modern music, and was a colleague of major composers such as … Music Conference he was recognized as a leading figure of modern Egyptian music. [2] His songs and compositions were … of modern Egyptians covering a crucial and turbulent period in the history of Egypt and its Jews. Their story …
Ner Haviv, Ner Na'eh
… redemption, a topic which has maintained relevant in the modern period, especially for compositions for festive occasions. … in very close proximity in Jerusalem during the same period. Yet, if one pays close attention to Stutschewsky’s …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… presence of Shofet kol ha’aretz in Ashkenaz in the medieval period, apparently predating its use among Sephardic Jews. … Of course his terminology is a bit uncomfortable to post-modern ears. Categories of authentic and ethnic musical …
Piyyutim for the High Holidays
… in 1938. Haim was a quintessential Sephardi singer of his period, a critical era of deep social and cultural … community ruled by rabbinical authority was shattered by modernizing trends characterized by an exposure to Western …
Hazzan (pl. Hazzanim)
… of the public for prayer.) It was during the period of the geonim that the hazzan became a permanent … character. The role of the hazzan today is similar in many modern congregations, though major reforms have been …
Baqqashah (Pl. Baqqashot)
… of the new Arabic music from Egypt and Syria during this period. The members of Jewish congregations in the Middle … and, later, on radio and in films. The accessibility of the modern Arabic music spread by new media hastened its … music still echoed in the prayers and piyyutim; and a more modern stratum, the urban Arabic musical culture which …
Hebrew Writings Concerning Music in Manuscripts and Printed Books from Geonic Times up to 1800
… and ethics of music from early medieval to early modern periods. The texts are independent bibliographic units, …
The Cantorial Fantasia Revisited: New Perspectives on an Ashkenazic Musical Genre
… of the Western Ashkenazi synagogue in the Baroque and early modern period. … 3 … Musica Judaica … Musica Judaica … 38334 … …
The Jewish service in Communist Hungary – a personal journey
… of Jewish ritual music in Hungary during the Communist period. The music for the traditional Jewish service is … the characteristics that made this music difficult for the modern middle class to accept. It is suggested that the … from the decades before World War II through the Communist period, is examined, along with the resulting isolation of …