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Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
… of the Latvian language, and their culture, subsequently, was part of the larger Eastern European Jewish … again some of the songs and dances performed by members of substantial, centuries-old Jewish communities whose … were more common on stage than in reality. The separate subhead entitled “about the edition” opens with a precise …
Bore ‘ad ana – A Dirge for the Ninth of Av and its Geographical Distribution
… of this qinah included in the Sound Archives is the subject of this Song of the Month. Performed by Mr. Nehemiah … Professor Edith Gerson Kiwi, whose life and work are the subject of a major research project of the JMRC, met … between the years 1966 and 1972, covering a wide range of subjects, mostly (but not only) musical. This encounter …
The Edith Gerson-Kiwi Legacy
… analysis of her life and work, including her prolific and substantial intercontinental correspondence as well as her … Gerson-Kiwi’s original letters will be fully digitized (and subsequently transcribed and translated) and made accessible … Musicology left its traces in different post-war sub-disciplines of musicology such as folk music research, …
The Fall of Jerusalem in Song: The Ashkenazi Melody She’eh ne’esar
… However, a critique of Avenary’s analysis is not the subject of this essay as others have already noticed some … of B has two parts, the first of which descends to the sub-tonic, while the second one, ending of course on the …
Ben-Zion (Yisrael Noach) Kapov-Kagan
… hazzan at the Ocean Parkway Jewish Center in New York, and subsequently at the Concourse Center of Israel in the Bronx, …
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… After the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire and the subsequent division of the region into British and French … was pressed in a factory in Berlin, parts of which were subsequently used to produce military equipment during the Second World War, shall be the subject of a future publication. Bibliography Aghamohseni, …
The “Jewish Baroque”: The Allure of a Modern Musical Affair
… his return to Israel in the early 1960s. This thesis was submitted to the Sorbonne and was eventually published … 3, 1978, which would launch the very modern phenomenon subsequently labeled the “Jewish Baroque.” This impressive …
Nuestro Señor Eloheinu/Las tablas de la Ley: A Song for Shavuot
… Your browser does not support the audio element. “Mose subió a los shamayim” Recorded by Susana Weich Shahak in … Weich Shahak in 1984 in Ashdod, begins with the lyric “Mose subió a los shamayim,” (Moses ascended into the skies) … earlier, as it is a direct translation, containing the substitution of the Judeo-Spanish verb subió (rose) and the …
Moshe Attias
… in his home with reel-to-reel tape and recorded him. The subsequent release sold very well. Mwijo would go on to …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… among listeners. Surprisingly, this topic has been the subject of little scholarly attention, despite the … 1965b, 152 [no. 58], 172 [no. 66]), a form also used by the sub-genre of Seliḥot piyyutim called Sheniyyah piyyutim … 10; Schleifer, 2014). The piyyut mentioned here, whose subject is the circumcision as commanded by the Torah, is a …