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A Recovered Voice from the Past
… Jews, Heinrich Graetz, the great nineteenth-century German Jewish historian, once wrote, is essentially a history of … in the Jewish past. A case in point is the scholar and musician Avraham Zvi Idelsohn, the founding father of modern … was [because] the Hebrew songs were sung to foreign folk melodies. I am certain that the kindergarten songs of …
Idelsohn’s trilingual autobiography and Yiska Idelsohn’s oral memoire
… 1930s, appeared in 1935. The English one was published in Jewish Music Journal 2, no. 2 (1935): 8-11. The Hebrew one appeared … love the synagogal modes and “Zemiroth” as well as Jewish Folk-Songs. At home I received an orthodox education and …
Adiel Ben Shalom
… from the Hebrew University. He specializes in the Yemenite music and the melodies of the Diwan Jewish community of Tsa'na, collaborating with Prof. Edwin Seroussi. Expertise includes Yemenite folk songs and women's singing. He contributed to …
Sarah Harat
… scholarly education, an unusual feature for young Yemenite Jewish girls at the time. Sarah was exposed to the … henna and wedding events, [ 1 ] and in those occasions her musical skills surfaced already at a young age when she … ensemble that specialized on the staging of Jewish folklore. She declined the invitation by the legendary …
Léibele Schwartz
… on March 22, 1928 as Yehudah Leib Kirzner. He began his music studies as a child with his father, Yaakov, who was a … , and on the bilingual radio program La Hora Israelita (The Jewish Hour) in the Radio Porteña station. In 1947, at the … Yom Kipur" (Panzer Records) "Leibele Schwartz in four folksongs" (Sung in Yiddish)/ Leibele Schwartz, vocals; …
Sarah Gorby
… , Bessarabia (now Chișinău, Moldova), was a renowned Jewish singer known for performing Yiddish, Russian, and French folk songs. Her birth name was Sofia Gorbovskaya, and she … culturally rich environment, significantly influencing her musical career. Gorby showed an early interest in music and …
Sara Levi-Tanai
… to dance and theater in Israel. Her works, deeply rooted in Jewish and Yemenite traditions, significantly shaped … she worked as a teacher and kindergarten instructor, using music and dance to educate children and pass on Yemeni … groundbreaking dance company that combined Yemenite Jewish folklore with contemporary dance forms. As Inbal's artistic …
Joe Elias
… invited to perform at the Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife as one of the first performers of Ladino music in this country in the current epoch. After his … Ensemble. He continued performing and teaching Sephardic Jewish songs for over 30 years, resulting in a prolific, yet …
The Music on Comtat-Venaissin
… in parallel columns in English, French and German in Musica Hebraica (1-2 [1938]: 18-20), the very short-lived journal initiated by the World Center for Jewish Music in Palestine. Milhaud, who was a close … the horizon [of Provence]. [3] But, above all, it is the folklore that bears the profound double trace of the Jewish …
Flory Jagoda
… Singer, musician, and composer Flory Jagoda has widely promulgated … and honor Flory's life and career. Full biography at the Jewish Women's Archive: Bortnick, Rachel Amado and Betty … - Judizmo,Ladino - Judeo-Espanol - Judezmo ,Judeo-Spanish … Folk songs … Judeo-Spanish - Ladino … Ladino … Sarajevo … …