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One of the "Persian Letters" of Edith Gershon-Kiwi

Edith Gerson-Kiwi in Tehran (1961): Documents from a Revealing Journey

… by the playlist Edith Gerson Kiwi’s Recordings of Musical Traditions from Iran . “Persia’s geographical … leading role in the development of the medieval systems of music, both of early Christianity, and of elements of … Arabo-centered trend within the mainstream Sephardic cantorial tradition. His recordings of biblical cantillation …

"Evolution of Jewish Music": Discourse Communities and Narrative Construction in the Performance of Music History

… ensemble, posted a video on YouTube titled “Evolution of Music.” In the four-and-a-half-minute video, the five … pedagogical concern that has emerged from my work teaching cantorial students. For the past twelve years I have taught … presentations of the Jewish musical past? For the cantorial students whom I teach, the question is poignant. …

Between Tradition and Modernity

… Ashkenaz According to Ḥazzan Maier Levi of Esslingen (Yuval Music Series, vol. 12), documenting musical realizations of Maier Levi’s cantorial transcriptions, performed by Cantor Amnon Seelig. …

Kulmus Hanefesh: A Musical Journey into the Hassidic Niggun

Dudele of Rabbi Itzhak from Berdichev

… R. Zalmanov incorporated this song (or rather cantorial piece) into his collection, though it can hardly … cantors and contains numerous features recalling the cantorial style ( hazzanut ). Only its lively coda resembles … Psalms 139, 7). Yair Harel, who grew up in a Middle Eastern musical tradition, sings this typical Eastern European song …

Eliezer Goldberg, alias Leyzerke Kremenitser

… Nevertheless, at the age of twenty Eliezer, a self-taught musician, became a hazzan in his hometown. In subsequent … His style was grounded on the traditional East European cantorial genre. He composed liturgical and other religious … European Jewish liturgy and are characterized by expressive cantorial solos often accompanied by choral drones and very …

Rabbi David Buzaglo

… is an opportunity to revive his biography in our website. A musical and rabbinical prodigy since his early days, Rabbi … Buzaglo became a foremost performer of Andalusian Hebrew music in its southern tradition from Marrakesh and … ḥazzanim that the Moroccan Jewry ever had. Some cantorial pieces that Rabbi Buzaglo introduced to the …