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The Jerusalem-Sephardic Tradition
… known as “Jerusalem-Sephardic,” which originated among the Jewish communities scattered throughout the Ottoman Empire … singing tradition found among the descendants of the Jewish communities exiled from Spain to the lands of Islam … Two central, modern figures in this tradition, that is, composers of piyyutim and teachers of the tradition to the …
«A Special Kind of Antisemitism»: On Russian Nationalism and Jewish Music
… the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Society for Jewish Folk Music, the composer Solomon Rosowsky published a … days a half century earlier: [1] “Why are there so many Jewish students at the St. Petersburg Conservatory? Because … Conservatory and the benign encouragement of leading composers such as Aleksandr K. Glazunov and Nikolai A. …
The Israeli Mediterranean Style
… versions of European Mediterranean styles in art music that Jewish composers—the founders of Israeli music, among them the … rhythmic, and structural elements in his music. Leading Jewish composers of the time, almost all raised and educated …
Unataneh Tokef
… 'Ptach Lanu Sha'ar.' … 9 … 34137 … Israel … IBA … … 1991 … Jewish Liturgy … Contemporary Liturgy … Yom Kippur War … Contemporary Israeli Music … Israeli composers … Unetaneh Tokef … Unataneh Tokef …
The Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam
… known by its Ladino name, Esnoga, and is one of the Dutch Jewish community's most important structures. Its history and that of Amsterdam's Jewish community reflects the history of the entire Jewish … gallant periods. Many of them were composed by professional composers, some of whom were Jewish, and some of whom were …
Israeli folksongs
… songs that deal mostly with themes that the majority of the Jewish population of Israel (not including the … who were categorized within this genre. This includes composers such as Nahum Nardi , Daniel Sambursky, Mordekhai … was created as an effort on the part of the first Aliyah (Jewish-Zionist immigration and settling in Palestine) to …
Music of Israel: From the Biblical Era to Modern Times
… A survey first published in 1949 covering Jewish music from patriarch Abraham to contemporary Israeli composers. Its main aim is to reassert the Jewish presence in the narrative of Western music history. …
Brakha Tzefira
… Tzefira knew from her childhood including Sephardic songs, Jewish songs from Yemen, Persia, and Bukhara, as well as … continued collecting songs and melodies from oriental Jewish communities, Bedouins, and Arabs, which were then … dispute with Nardi erupted when he refused to include other composers' songs in their concert programs, while Tzefira …
Elohim Eshala
… exoticism” that captivated at the time the American Jewish audience. It is clear that the voices of Shoshana … These instruments are not characteristic of the Yemenite Jewish tradition and betray the encounter of Dahiyani with … and arrangements of the melody of Elohim Eshala by Israeli composers of Western art and popular music during the …