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Jewish Professional Musicians in Iraq and Israel, Revisited
… beyond. Some of these young masters would become important artists of the highest caliber, in Israel and …
Purim Lanu, Pesah a la Mano: Celebrating Flory Jagoda (1923-2021)
… memory of this remarkable Sarajevo-born Sephardic-American artist. Jagoda, slightly later in her life, became one of … advanced age, Flory Jagoda engaged in a successful artistic career and “Pesah en la mano” will remain one of …
Book review: Hernan Tesler-Mabé, Mahler’s Forgotten Conductor
… interest, it also aspires to commemorate a forgotten artist. Justifiably or not, Unger did not gain international … his lifetime. According to Tesler-Mabé, neglecting Unger’s artistic achievements is a historical wrong that should be … it sets out to provide. Eagerly striving to establish the artistic importance of Unger’s work, the book does not stray …
Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
… interest of scholars as well as educators and performing artists. Mutual links with other databases of non-Jewish …
Nili Belkind
… research projects Nili always seeks to contribute to the artists and communities that have brought her into their …
The “Jewish Baroque”: The Allure of a Modern Musical Affair
… of the Portuguese synagogue in 1675 in celebrated), these artistic pieces for solo or choir with instrumental … the participation of a distinguished gallery of performing artists in cooperation with the Israel Festival and the … Almost twenty years ago, Maestro David Shemer, founder and artistic director of the Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra , …
Moshe Attias
… 30, 2020. He came, as do many Moroccan Jewish performing artists and composers, from a family of musicians going back … Azoulay were and apparently, the nature of the producer-artist connection was strained, at best. Throughout his long … scene. Unlike most of his contemporary Moroccan Jewish artists, Mwijo remained systematically connected to his …
In The Land Of The Pyramids: A Secular Take On Passover
… supported by American Jewish institutions and professional artists. “Piramidn” was included for example in the New … Nights with Sidor Belarsky produced by the New York-based Artistic Enterprises label. This recording was probably one … Belarsky, transformed “Piramidn” in this recording into an artistic lied, as much as the choral arrangement by Raymond …
Orality as Religious Ideal: The Music of East-European Jewish Prayer
… was diametrically opposed to art. According to this notion, artistic creation was the property of genius and the artwork … were often imagined as an abstract idea in the mind of the artist and that idea was believed to be inexpressible in any …
Self-Revelation and the Law - Arnold Schoenberg in his Religious Works
… Moses and Aaron . Partly nonsensical, in that it brings the artist in. That's late-19 th -century stuff, but not me. The …