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David Zehavi
David Zehavi was an Israeli composer. His grandparents on his father's side immigrated…
Funny, it doesn’t sound Jewish : how Yiddish songs and synagogue melodies influenced Tin Pan Alley, Broadway, and Hollywood
An attempt to demonstrate the deep layers of 'JM' embedded in the popular American…
The Dybbuk - Der dibuk
Feature. 123 min., B&W, Yiddish with English subtitles
Directed by Michal Waszynski…
The field of popular music in Israel (1985)
A review indicting the actions of different social forces negotiating the nature and…
The Hasidic Dance- Niggun: A Study Collection and its Classificatory Analysis
The second part of the article includes 250 Hassidic Dance nigunnim, recorded in…
The meaning of the Modal Framework in the Singing of Religious Hymns by Christian Arabs in Israel
For the discussion of a modal framework of the Christian Arabs in Israel - termed '…
Words and music : a selection from his writings
Abridged and translated version of the Yiddish title 'Vort un klang' (1979). Translated…
The Cantorial Fantasia of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: A Late Manifestation of the Musical Trope
Western Ashkenazi cantors have developed a new soloist style of liturgically important…