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Tzur mishelo akhlanu
… creativity in most Jewish traditions. The Portuguese Jews in New York City were, according to Rev. Lopes Cardozo, … melody in ternary meter that evokes the tune of a Dutch or German folksong. The strained setting of the text to the …

Wedding Dances and Songs of the Jews of Bokhara
… (Esther) Gerson Kiwi … Wedding Dances and Songs of the Jews of Bokhara …

Sher
… and Kherson regions). Was the šer known only to Ukrainian Jews? Certainly not. Although we have no data from the … (Schünemann 1923:413). This is all we could find in the German dance repertoire that has anything in common with … century. They have features in common with the older German ‘Scherer’ and not with the ‘Scherlieder.’ The Jewish …

Hermann Levi's shame and Parsifal's guilt:A critique of essentialism in biography and criticism
According to revisionist readings by scholars including Hartmut Zelinsky, Rolf Schneider…

The Music of Kurdistan Jews - a Synopsis of their Musical Styles
… It is only natural that the musical traditions of Kurdistan Jews should also have been conditioned by this long … of the biblical period. … 9480 … Kurdistan … Kurdistan Jews … Jews … Kurds … Culture … Musical traditions … Jewish …

Sigmund Schlesinger
… official movement. He was born in Uhlen, Württemberg (later Germany), and received his musical education at a Munich … American composers … Reform Judaism … Organ … Choirmaster … German Jews … Synagogue music … Sigmund Schlesinger …

The Jews of Arab Lands: a History and Source Book
… … 37834 … Philadelphia … … 1979 … Norman A. Stillman … The Jews of Arab Lands: a History and Source Book …

The Jewish Bloch
… devices, specifically related to his perceptions of Jews, with strict command of form, mastery of orchestration … these latter qualities, Bloch positioned himself as a pro-German, pro-mainstream composer. By such self-positioning, … (which were never performed after their premieres in Germany). Yet there is little doubt that it was the …

Simeon Bar-Isaac
… Born in Mainz, Germany. An important scholar of his time. As a paytan he … and they are marked by the pain of the persecutions of the Jews in Bar-Isaacs' lifetime. Sources: Encyclopedia Judaica …