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Atah Ehad
… The classification of traditional Ashkenazi melodies into clearly defined genres is a difficult, perhaps impossible … see below. Although Idelsohn can be credited as the first musician to introduce this melody to the Zionist repertory … the melody, the song was not performed in this form even as early as 1935 (as can be seen in score no. 2). In addition, …
The Israeli Mediterranean Style
… selected versions of European Mediterranean styles in art music that Jewish composers—the founders of Israeli music, … 1930s throughout the 1940s, then in Israel mostly until the early 1950s, denoting an emerging national identity through … our discussion to Israeli art music composed through the early 1950s, this entry will focus on the original concept. …
Yippee
… to travel to Uman in the Ukraine in order to document the yearly Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage of tens of thousands of … fallback of the film is the lack of documentation of the music and prayers which accompany the festive holiday. In … scene is mostly lost because of the use of extra-diegetic music that almost completely covers the prayers. Towards the …
Coplas - Complas
… A unique genre in the Sephardic Jews musical tradition.. Strophic poems, with various but very … Coplas are sung with a strophic melody, which shows clearly the influence of the sorrounding musical cultures. Many coplas were published (in Saloniki, …
This is How We Build Musical Instruments Made of Plants
… the Land of Israel … Homemade Instruments … Instructional … Early Israel … This is How We Build Musical Instruments Made of Plants …
Dort wo die Zeder: A Forgotten Zionist Anthem in German
… Hatikvah contented for that spot in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Today these songs are only … wo die Zeder was one of those celebrated and widespread early Zionist anthems, as it emerges from the historical … on the basis of German aesthetics, in this case poetic and musical. Dort wo die Zeder also shows how the Zionist …
Letters from the Front: Paul Frankenburger (Ben-Haim’s) early unpublished correspondence with Otto Crusius (1857-1918)
… Letters from the Front: Paul Frankenburger (Ben-Haim’s) early unpublished correspondence with Otto Crusius … the 16th World Congress of Jewish Studies, as part of the music sessions and panels. Below you may find the full text. … … Letters from the Front: Paul Frankenburger (Ben-Haim’s) early unpublished correspondence with Otto Crusius …
The Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam
… in a neighborhood later known as the Jewish Quarter. By the early 17 th century, there were three Jewish communities … founders were the “Marranos and Anusim, who brought music with them from the Catholic church.” [1] He offers the … that had been passed down orally from the late 18 th and early 19 th century Spanish tradition. The most reliable …
Israeli folksongs
… tell stories), nostalgia towards the 'togetherness' of the early days of the state, and a wish to feel that … The songs within the genre of Israeli Folksongs also share musical similarities. These include the fact that many are … of a new, Hebrew, non-Diaspora Jew. As part of this effort, music held an integral role. This can be seen through the …
Communal singing
… a day's work to sing communally. As the years passed, this musical activity reached the cities, and communal … article by Talila Eliram , written for the JMRC. [2] An early Jewish-Zionist commando unit in Palestine that existed …