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Medieval Elements in the Liturgical Music of the Jews of Southern France and Northern Spain
… to the end of the 15th c., the center of gravity of Iberian Jewish culture moved northward to Christian Spain and Provence. The burgeoning musical culture of that region must have affected the music …
Gesaenge de Juden auf der Insel Djerba (Posthumous Works, II)
… Lachmann (published originally in 1942 in English without musical examples and photographs) on the musical culture of the venerable Jewish community from the Island of Djerba, off the southern …
The "Proclamation Style" in Hebrew
… ' in style. The group of melodies represents an ancient musical style. Because of the similarity to the benediction … and it is not known whether they are prevalent in other Jewish musical traditions. Although previously narrow … ancient and can be attributed to ancient agricultural cultures. These melodies can be seen as a sample of an early …
Jews in Music: from the Age of Enlightenment to the Mid-Twentieth Century
… the Age of Enlightenment to the Present'. In this book the Jewish contribution to music since the early ninteenth … in cultural perspective. Other manifestations of Jewish musical talent are not neglected. Among the areas treated in … in brief, is a reliable survey of a world-wide musical culture created or influenced by Jews - a scholarly and …
Report from Jerusalem: World Congress on Jewish Music
… A review of the World Congress of Jewish music in 1987. Subtitled 'Musical tradition and creation in the culture of the Jewish people - East and West' … 3 … 20-23 … …
Music in Terezםn 1941-1945
… Memorial Museum: Research: Bibliographies Describes the musical culture that developed in the “model” ghetto, … Theresienstadt, where many of Europe’s most prominent Jewish musicians and composers were detained. Reconstructs …
Se il violinista cade dal tetto… L’Italia nel revival della “musica klezmer” [If the Fiddler Falls Off the Roof… Italy in the “Klezmer Music” Revival]
… klezmer music in Italy, where it has become synonymous with Jewishness and denotes a musical culture that is believed to live in a transnational and …
Klezmer on Fish Street (JIMF)
… you travel to Krakow, Poland, you can stay in the former Jewish Quarter of Kazimiercz, at a Jewish inn. You will wake … will you have met a Polish Jew? Is the revival of Jewish culture in Poland today only the culture or is Jewish life … musicians - traveling to Poland on a self-initiated 'musical goodwill tour'. Translating for them is singer Shira …
Nuba of Gold and Light - Nuba d'or et de la lumiere
… word nuba is “taking turns.” This is the name given to a musical genre that developed in Morocco beginning in the 9th … been exploring various aspects of the life, history, and culture of her birthplace Morocco for nearly four decades, … Berber, Arab, Andalusian, and later, Christian and Jewish liturgical music in Spain. She documents performances …
The Most Musical Nation: Jews and Culture in the Late Russian Empire
… 'No image of prerevolutionary Russian Jewish life is more iconic than the fiddler on the roof. But … new perspective on the emergence of Russian Jewish culture.' (from the book cover) … 85 … 1 … 288 … Yale … Jewish culture … Russian Empire … James Loeffler … The Most Musical Nation: Jews and Culture in the Late Russian Empire …