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Sabbath in Paradise
… Documentary. 85 min. Portraits musical encounter between radical Jewish musicians like John Zorn and traditionalists like Andy … the Sky: 12 Stories about John Zorn … 6 … 6 … 9 … 35800 … Germany … Claudia Heuermann … … 1997 … Klezmer musicians … …

Kurt Weill
… Documentary. German, English, French and Italian, English subtitles; 97 … works were classified as degenerate. In 1933, Weill left Germany for France, however after a short stay there he … actress Lotte Lenya. In the US he was influenced by popular music and jazz, he met several of the outstanding figures of …
Blue Note: The Story of Modern Jazz
… the passion and vision of Alfred Lion and Frank Wolff: two German Jews who emigrated from Nazi Germany to New York in the 1930s and 'discovered' an art … English, the two men began to record practically unknown musicians on the Blue Note label in 1939. Today this list of …

A Cantor on Trial
… Yiddish with English subt. Directed by Sidney M. Goldin Music by Sholem Secunda This short film festures Loui … three different parts: an old world Eastern European then a German auditioning to be the synagogue cantor. Displeased … Hazzanim,Chazzanut,Chazzan,Hazzan,Hazzanim,Cantors … 1931 … Music … Hazzanut … America … Musicals … Hazzanim - Cantors … …

A Man from Munkasc: Gypsy Klezmer
… festivities, dance etc.), most of the time the klezmer musicians were not Jews but Rom. In fact, the Rom had played … how this persecuted group (the Rom) saved Jewish folk music until it could be returned to the Jews. We learn about … … 35730 … Duna TV (Hungary) and Starcrest Films (Frankfurt, Germany). … … 2005 … Holocaust … Klezmer musicians … Klezmer …

Comedian Harmonists
… Feature. 126 min. German with Engl. subt. Director: J. Vilsmaier Life in … of the world. Harry Frommermann, a talented, penniless musician, decides, in a sudden moment of inspiration, to … to the political changes taking place at the time in Germany. The official anti-Semitic policy of the Nazi Party …

The Comedian Harmonists - Documentary
… The Comedian Harmonists was a men's vocal group started in Germany at the end of the 1920s by Harry Frommerman, who dreamed of creating a German version of the American Revelers. His sextet, … a baritone, two tenors, a piano player and one who imitated musical instruments, was a huge success. They appeared in …

Gilad Atzmon & The Orient House Ensemble (SMR Bresler Collection)
… Haselichot) Miron dance … 13 … 13 … 7 … 35667 … 1 CD … Germany … Munich … enja tiptoe … TIP-999939 2 … … Ladino, … … Yamim Nora'im - High Holidays … Sephardi … Liturgical music … Holidays … Selihot - Selikhot … Ladino … Sephardi … …

Portuguese Hatzi Qadish, Amsterdam, 18th century
… Eighteenth-century notated sources of Jewish liturgical music are rare, and the discovery of a new source from that … manuscript, previously unknown to researchers, contains music from the Portuguese synagogue in Amsterdam. It was … of Music and Musicians, 2nd ed., 2001) a composer of German origin who was active in Amsterdam during the first …

Hava Nagila
… records featuring Hebrew Palestinian folksongs (titled in German Hebraeishe Palaestin Leider). A.Z. Idelsohn selected … Hebrew song. In the end, sixteen records were released in Germany, including a total of thirty-nine songs: nineteen … Leider … 35567 … Polydor Record Company … … Israel … Choral music … Choir … Choral … Shirei Eretz Israel … Hava Nagila … …