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Book review: James Kaplan, Irving Berlin: New York Genius
… urban shtick of Porter’s and Kern’s songs; or the compositional virtuosity of any of the above” (Greenberg …
La Galana: A Very Old-New Sephardic Song
… characteristic of the twentieth-century Bulgarian school of composition. His modern polyphonic arrangement was recorded …
Elohim hashivenu: A liturgical insertion for the High Holidays in Salamone Rossi's version in Italy and beyond
… article, one sees how the allure of Rossi’s Hebrew compositions to modern scholars impacts the perception of …
The Fall of Jerusalem in Song: The Ashkenazi Melody She’eh ne’esar
… periods corresponds to the poetic stanza.” This compositional model originated in Al-Andalus, and stems from … Parisian composer and cantor Samuel Naumbourg. The original composition appeared in the third volume of Naumbourg’s … is arranged as a canon for four voices. A footnote to this composition states that “the motif of this canon [i.e. the …
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… synagogue cantors, ḥazzanim, often tended to structure new compositions of (para)liturgical hymns (known as piyyutim … he, who was blind and relied on a scribe to record his compositions, is said to have produced and revived over four … them to compare their melodies and maqams with his own compositions (Shelemay 1998, 30-32). Even his blindness is …
The “Jewish Baroque”: The Allure of a Modern Musical Affair
… request several of these additional Portuguese liturgical compositions, drawn from one of the richest manuscript … used to insert at the opening of the public prayer. These compositions in their new arrangements expand the horizons …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… same clever modification of the original melody. The modern compositional technique and the fact that no such feature … Israel: Israeli Traditional Cantorial Anthology; with Compositions of Salomon Rawitz and Others , vol. 2. Tel …
The Hebrew Version of Abû l-Salt’s Treatise on Music
… extraordinary gift for instrumental performance and composition, and his theoretical writings on music. An …
The Influence of Choral Elements on the Formation and Development of the Piyyût Genres (Hebrew)
… from these poetic complexes. When the lead in piyyut composition passes from the Near East to Spain, the …
A Jewish Sufi on the Influence of Music
… To palliate the lack of specialized compositions by Jewish authors during the mediaeval period …