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Parallels Between the Old–French and the Jewish Song
A somewhat controversial article in which Idelsohn tries to show traces of Jewish music…
A Song of Dawn
The new 6 CD set of the series “Anthology of Musical Traditions in Israel”, “The…
The Performance Practice of the Rig-Veda: A Musical Expression of Excited Speech
Although there have been much academic research about the Veda cantillation (the…
The practice of music as an expression of religious philosophy among the East-Ashkenazi Jews
Special issue on Jewish music Establishing a conceptual framework for the discussion of…
A Critic Look at His generation
Following the foundation of the State of Israel in 1948 one can clearly detect a growing…
Fiddler on the Move: Exploring the Klezmer World
'Klezmer' is a Yiddish word for professional folk instrumentalist-the flutist, fiddler,…
The Mogen Ovos Mode: a Study in Folklore
Singing the prayer magen avot, the abbreviated repetition of Sabbath-eve amidah, is an…
Hallelujah
Liturgical expression meaning “praise the Lord,” which appears exclusively in the Book…
Cleaving tune (Niggun Dvekut)
The term Niggun Devekut, which probably is a Hebrew translation of the Yiddish…