Idelsohn was born in Filsberg, Latvia (former Kurland or Courland) and began his…

This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…

In spite of his unparalleled fame as a singer and musician during his lifetime, very few…

… tempo increases and the crowd sings louder and harsher. The Israeli klezmer band Oy Division included their take of this …

Sarah Cohen, Ruby S. Hallegua. Recorded by Barbara Johnson, Kochi,  January 2, 1977…

… songs.  Two musicians who fuse these two genres are the Israeli singer Yasmin Levy and the guitarist Baldi Olier. … dancer, has, for example, cooperated with Mor Karbasi, an Israeli singer who specializes mostly on Sephardic songs.   …

… Right to Left? Avraham Zvi Idelsohn and the Invention of Israeli Music,” Jewish Quarterly Review 100:3 (Summer 2010), …

… the piyyut has been set to new tunes by contemporary Israeli composers.   The Ottoman/Iraqi Tradition A. Z. … support the audio element.   Eli Eliyahu Gardaya version   Israeli Variations “Eli Eliyahu” is known in Israel among … collection of modern and old Hebrew songs intended for Israeli singing communities. [15] Its inclusion in such a …

… ending with F going down to C does not seem to be common in Israeli Ashkenazi communities; see Ne’eman 2012, 73. The …     Schönberg, Jakob. 1927.  Die traditionellen Gesänge des israelitischen Gottesdienstes in Deutschland: …