… journalistic writing formed a direct extension of his musical career at a crucial moment in his life. These essays … early influence ignited Stutschewsky’s commitment to Jewish musical expression—the collection traces the author’s … world possessed an extensive literature, numerous musical instruments, and a musical creativity that was remarkable …

… by the playlist  Edith Gerson Kiwi’s Recordings of Musical Traditions from Iran . “Persia’s geographical … was left intact as the single refuge of their combined musical thought. How it came about that Persia emerged … Mr Bragard [10] , the director of the Brussels Museum of Instruments director, took me on a city tour. A former …

… double vector that meets in the middle is one variety of musical permutation, the musical palindrome. Less severe in its restrictive ordering, … of the eight poems, set for tenor solo, seven obbligato instruments, and string orchestra, is very distinctive in …

… videos, I hope to reflect on the presentation of the Jewish musical past. I argue that presentations of the musical past must be understood as existing within … might instead be preferable to note the pieces, styles, and instruments that enter the discourse at different times. …

… is two fold – at least – firstly I am interested in the musical structure (arrangement) of the ta’amim independent … notes, scales, etc. That is, I am interested in the basic musical structure of cantillation more that the particular … Drumming (1971), Six Pianos (197?) and Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ as well as an Angel recording …

… free, is nonetheless regulated. In Ethiopia, two percussion instruments – a gong and a frame-drum – accompanied its … Liturgical Traditions … Aliyah … Ethiopia … Jewish musical traditions … Rosh Hashanah … Ethiopian Jews … …

… thunder, lightning, shofar blasts, and the sounding of musical instruments. Three of the instruments are violins, long … of The Song of Sara-Umma (song 43), in which Isaac has a musical vision as he and Abraham are approaching the …

… is an opportunity to revive his biography in our website. A musical and rabbinical prodigy since his early days, Rabbi … and early 1940s, Buzaglo capitalized on his exceptional musical abilities and focused less on the rabbinate, in … to be performed on the Sabbath and on holidays when musical instruments were not allowed to be played. He wrote these …

… experiences, it was widely appreciated for its beauty, musical features, and spiritual power, emerging from … and rhythmic qualities. These two functions—the extramusical as the primary and the aesthetic as the … not weddings, but rather singing on Sabbaths, when playing instruments was forbidden. Consequently, and although this …

… Childhood and early musical career Yossef (Yusuf) Zaarur (يوسف زعرور) was born … and had become passionate about music, he tried to build a musical instrument similar to the qanun by himself. This … war I. Besides the qanun, Zaarur learned to play other instruments including the nay (Arab flute), violin, and …

… Avraham Zvi Idelsohn, the founding father of modern Jewish musical research. Idelsohn’s life traversed several … artifacts that still define in many ways the Jewish musical imagination in both its scholarly and popular forms. … a very few wealthy persons owned pianos, and other musical instruments were hard to come by. The students could …

… Stutschewsky seems to hint at two sides of the same musical coin in Hasidic thought. Cyclical return and the …