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Felix Mendelssohn - Gustav Mahler: Two Borderline Cases of German-Jewish Assimilation
… elements. He belonged to a fairly homogeneous social elite of North-German bankers and their descendants; yet his … was that of a petite bourgeoisie, ethnically and religiously quite separate from a society that itself was many faceted in its religious beliefs and its everyday language, in a country …
My Life: A Sketch
… I was born in the fisher-hamlet Phoelixburg, on the Baltic Sea, between Windau and … but much sweeter, and their singing was with more Jewish feeling. … Hazzan, Hazan, Chazzan, Chazzanut, Hazzanut, …
An Institute of Jewish Music in Jerusalem
… senses the sanctity of his people's music? Who amongst you believes that his music is the music of his people Israel? … the high estate of our people? Who amongst you feels and believes that the people's music is an echo of the people's soul? Who amongst you believes to hear in the singing of the Jews today the echo of …
A.Z. Idelsohn: A Pioneer in Jewish Ethnomusicology
… study and research of Jewish music was motivated by the belief that the music of biblical times survived in the living traditions of Jewish communities. It was also believed that with the dispersion of the Jewish people after …
Idelsohn’s Scholarly and Literary Publications: An Annotated Bibliography
… Idelsohn's 'Thesaurus of Hebrew Oriental Melodies' has elicited articles concerning the man and his work from …
La place traditionnelle du melisme dans la cantillation
… dans la composition musicale la plus élaborée. … 23451 … Melisma … Composition … Hebrew cantillation … Musical composition … Music … La place traditionnelle du melisme dans la cantillation … Dom Jean Claire …
The Performance Practice of the Rig-Veda: A Musical Expression of Excited Speech
… The Veda, as is well known, is the religious lore of ancient India, crystallized during ten …
Jewish Liturgical Forms in the Falasha Liturgy? A Comparative Study
… attracted considerable attention because of their Judaic religious practice, yet the relationship of their liturgy to … may be manifested in certain aspects of cultural life and religious practice, but all Jewish traditions share basic …
Three Musical Ceremonies for Hôšanā Rabbah in the Jewish Community of Casale Monferrato (1732, 1733, 1735) (Hebrew)
… whereas Joseph Hayyim Chezighin (G.V. Clava) who was believed to be the author of the texts and the composer of … and not in Vercelli in 1733, 1734 and 1736 as was formerly believed. A detailed description of the music follows, in …