… of short cantorial biographies that Salomon was “the greatest cantor of his time” and “is acclaimed among cantors … Idelsohn (1929: 266-267) reports that Salomon had “the greatest voice of his time. His coloratura... was inimitable … a man of profound religious devotion and piety, and of a great knowledge of Hebrew literature…. His ...performance …

… people – a CD with the voice of Sholem Aleichem, the great son of the Jewish people and of the Ukrainian, and …

… with his much older cousin, Yusuf Zaarur al-Kabbir (“the Great”, 1867?-1943?), one of the first qanun players in … musical culture. Not surprisingly, al-Ghazali married the great Iraqi-Jewish singer Salima Pasha Mourad—a diva Zaarur … in the city to rescue the prominent Jewish musician whom he greatly admired. Zaarur eventually reached the Alliance …

… rejoicing, refers to the coming of the Messiah. Here, the great day of joy is the day on which we “go up” to our … around 1987 from Adrienne Cooper (1946-2011), one of the great Yiddish singers of the past few decades. Cooper, says …

… out in an acrostic; the poem was formerly attributed to the great Spanish-Jewish poet Solomon ibn Gabirol (1020-1057). … . The title of this poem reads “On Moshe Ha-kilai who ate a great number of bugs and Ibn Gabirol,” an obvious reference …

… Israel.  In Rishon le-Tziyyon they used to sing then with great enthusiasm the songs ‘Mishmar ha-yarden’, ‘Hashofar’, … perceived in this song their own history, and sang it with great pride [here the song is quoted] As one can see, this … With a beautiful melody they used to sing the songs with great enthusiasm, the adults sang, the children sang. And if …

… Woody Guthrie (1912-1967) was one of the United States' great and prolific folk singers. Many of his songs dealt …

… el yotzri , a kâr in makam Hicaz. Odekha is a poem by the great late 16 th century poet/musician Rabbi Israel Najara …