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My life: A sketch
An autobiographical sketch written after Idelsohn retired from the Hebrew Union College…
Song and Singers of the Synagogue in the Eighteenth Century
repr. in Journal of Synagogue Music, iii/2 (1971), 43–70. During the 18th century,…
Der Missinai-Gesang der deutschen Synagoge
'The mis-sinay Song of the German Synagogue' An analysis of nine tunes which are used in…
Die Makamen in der hebraeischen Poesie der orientalischen Juden
'The Maqamat in the Hebrew Poetry of the Oriental Jews' A frequent feature in Hebrew…
Parallels Between the Old–French and the Jewish Song
A somewhat controversial article in which Idelsohn tries to show traces of Jewish music…
The Kol Nidre Tune
1931-2 This is one of Idelsohn's most intriguing articles; it is a study in which his…
The Mogen Ovos Mode: a Study in Folklore
Singing the prayer magen avot, the abbreviated repetition of Sabbath-eve amidah, is an…
Jewish Musical Traditions
Presents Jewish musical traditions in the form of central themes, based on cultural…