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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 … books, articles, clippings, catalogues, anthologies, sheet music, vocal and instrumental compilations and a variety of …
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 … with the responsibility of supporting his mother and his younger brother. Even though he was an excellent student, he …
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 … In addition to viewing the database on our map , you can also download the database as an excel file. The …
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 … we added selections of the recorded memoire of Idelsohn’s younger daughter, Yiska. This document remained in … was to Chasidic music. He sang in choirs and travelled as a young man and one day he met a great rabbi who told him that …
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 … project was at times detrimental to his duties as head of a young family. We are pleased to publish this text here in … of Shoshanah’s sister, Yiska, Idelsohn’s fourth and youngest child. Yiska recorded her memoires by herself on …
Moshe Havusha
… a prominent hazzan in Baghdad and then in Jerusalem. As a young boy, Havusha became attracted to the surrounding … traditions are based on both Syrian (“Halabi”) and Egyptian musical styles. Today, Havusha, who still lives in the Beit Israel neighborhood, is a popular hazzan , payytan , musician, and singer, with a large following across …
Eliyahu Hacohen
… School. In the late 1950s while serving as officer at the Youth Corps of the IDF, Hacohen produced a mimeographed … collection of over thousand Hebrew songs for the young soldiers. A copy of the songster came to the attention … throughout Israel, in formal institutions such as the music teachers’ seminary of the Levinsky College of …
Ani hatsal [sic] (Shir hatunah)
… (Jewish community in Palestine) after it was published with musical notation by Abraham Zvi Idelsohn in one of his … [1908], text on p. 128 and melody in the supplement of music notations, pp. 4-5). This version was then arranged by …
Sheva' Berakhot ("Seven Blessings")
… itself (starting with the words Barukh ata "Blessed by you") is similar in all the repetitions. The benedictions … Rugiade di Canti/ Singing Dew: The Florence-Leghorn Jewish Musical Traditions , Beth Hatefutsoth, BTR 0201, no. 20). … …
Anu Be-hamon Shir
… the community, as we learn from the last verse—“We welcome you, people of Aram Zova.” … Ten Zemirot Ami: New Melodies … the Aleppo Mahzor (1527) … Piyyutim … Contemporary Israeli Music … Ethnic music … Israeli art music … Israeli composers … Israeli …