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Dort wo die Zeder: A Forgotten Zionist Anthem in German
… exemplify the mechanisms through which Jewish modernity articulated itself on the basis of German aesthetics, in this case poetic and musical. Dort wo die Zeder also shows how the Zionist … a Jewish elementary school in Berlin that appeared in the Israelitische Rundschau no. 29 (July 18, 1902, p. 5), the …
Uncle Moses
… themes, especially the latter, are expressed through the music of the film. One example is the niggun that Uncle … the strikers to Moses, and the strike breakers to the Israelites who rebelled against him, preferring to return to … … New York City … Immigrants … Immigration … Maurice Schwartz … America … Klezmer … Uncle Moses …
The Israeli Mediterranean Style
… *The following is a summary of an article by Ronit Seter, to read the full article . The term … selected versions of European Mediterranean styles in art music that Jewish composers—the founders of Israeli music, among them the Israeli Five: Paul …
Atah Ehad
… tunes were reincarnated as Zionist songs, becoming Israeli folk songs and folk dances in both secular and … contexts. The song of the month, Atah E h ad ( Thou Art One ), is a well-known setting of a traditional … see below. Although Idelsohn can be credited as the first musician to introduce this melody to the Zionist repertory …
Shir HaKavod
… morning Shabbath prayers, after the Mussaf service. In some Israeli synagogues the prayer is moved to an earlier part of the service, after the Sha h arit service but before … second section, the intimate relationship between God, the Israelites and Moses is described and there is a request …
Had Gadya
… non-Jewish scholars since the early nineteenth-century, starting with Leopold Zunz. Fascinated by its unusual content, … exemplify the modern fate of the song with in contemporary Israeli musical repertoire. H ad Gadya was incorporated to the …
Had Gadya in Israeli Culture
… sung at the Passover seder in some of its contemporary Israeli versions. Written in Aramaic, H ad Gadya appears at … non-Jewish scholars since the early nineteenth-century, starting with Leopold Zunz. Fascinated by its unusual content, … the modern fate of the song with in contemporary Israeli musical repertoire. H ad Gadya was incorporated to the …
In Zaltsikn Yam - A Yiddish Workers' Song
… sixth, and final stanza, was published in Mikhl Gelbart 's song book Zingt mit mir (Sing with Us). These four … of Russian Jewish political life.” (4) There are two main musical arrangements to the song. The first is a monophonic … beginning of the twenty-first century. Oy Division is an Israeli klezmer band who have been active since 2006 …
Ve-Hi She-’Amda – Piyyut from the Passover Haggadah
… a long section in the Haggadah that is just read aloud. Music There are a number of arrangements to this piyyut, … for the piyut, to listen click here . In 2011, the Israeli guitarist Eliyahu Meir Dali released a heavy rock … arrangement to the well- known Ashkenazi melody, as part of the “Metal Prayer” project. To listen, click here . …
Woody Guthrie's Hanukah Songs
… time, the need of each generation to express itself in its particular contemporary literary and musical taste has engendered new songs. These new songs … Few , which begins with Cyrus' decree enabling the exiled Israelites to be able to return to Cana'an and work the …