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The “Jewish Baroque”: The Allure of a Modern Musical Affair
… collector Eduard Birnbaum of Königsberg published a short article modestly titled “Unsere erste Musikbeilage” (“Our first musical supplement”) in Israelitischer Lehrer und Kantor , … , a Hebrew piece by composer Cristiano Giuseppe Lidarti (1730-after 1794). Arguing against writers who …
Edwin Seroussi
… Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Prof. Seroussi started there his music studies (violin, theory and composition). He immigrated to Israel in 1971 where he studied at the Department of Musicology at the undergraduate and graduate …

The Archives of the World Centre for Jewish Music in Palestine, 1936-1940, at the Jewish National and University Library, Jerusalem
… The World Centre for Jewish Music was established in 1936 by German and Austrian … after its establishment, it initiated concerts and started publishing a journal (Musica Hebraica) edited by Dr … Jews in the land of Israel and Diaspora Jewry. The present article includes a historic description of the work of the …
Book Review: Charles B. Hersch, Jews and Jazz Improvising Ethnicity
… and penetrating history of Jews in American jazz music, which should become a first stop for those wishing to … pianist Willie “The Lion” Smith, an African-American, starts an enthusiastic conversation with bandleader Artie Shaw about Judaism. Although Shaw was a white …
‘I’m Sorry, It’s Yom Kippur’: Atonement through Punk (and Traditional Jewish Music)
… and guitar), Ricky Riot (vocals and keyboard), Nogga Schwartz (bass) and Simcha Halpert-Hanson (drums). They started playing in 2010 and are a self-proclaimed ‘100% Trans … compositions that combine, among other genres, punk music, polkas, cantorial singing, and Jewish melodies …

Tants nign (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT … and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations from … a few sections built together as a small musical piece of art. Most of the dance niggunim in this volume are of the …
Claude Abravanel
… at the Conservatory of Geneva. Studied composition with Arthur Honegger and piano with Yvonne Lefébure at the Ecole … director of the library at the Jerusalem Rubin Academy of Music and Dance, Jerusalem, until 1992. Was the director of … Pianist, and Musicologist … Israeli Composer … Israeli art music … Musicologist … Claude Abravanel …

"Next Year" in "Jerusalem of Gold": The contribution of the Israeli music to the music of the world
… This paper describes the interrelations between the Israeli music and the music of other countries, the give and take relations. Three … and “Bashana Haba’ah” (Next Year), their entrance into the music of other countries, and the modifications that …
Mugham and Täsnif (mugham Shushtär)
… piece (called simply Mugham ), followed by a Täsnif (art song). The text of the first section is a love song (" … format. … 8 … 7 … 41526 … Makhachkala, Daghestan … The Music of the Mountain Jews … Asia … Folk songs … Judeo-Tat - Juhuri … Mountain Jews … Dance Music … Instrumental music … Garmoshka … Dagestan … Eastern …