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Fog al-Nakhal (فوق النخل): Multicultural and Transnational Journeys of an Iraqi Folksong
… history is complex, revealing a number of interrelated musical and textual settings. Looking into the information … number of different composers, such as the prominent Iraqi-Jewish musician Salah al-Kuwaity (1908-1986), and in some … Holden, Stacy E. A Documentary History of Modern Iraq . University Press of Florida: Gainesville, …
Craig Taubman
… Craig Taubman is a singer and composer, known both for his Jewish liturgical music for the synagogue and his popular contemporary music. … synagogue ' Sinai Temple ' in Los Angeles to write modern music for the Friday night prayer. “Friday Night …
Salamone Rossi’s HaShirim Asher LiShlomo in its Fourth Centennial (5383-5783)
… Even if you are mildly interested in Jewish music, you cannot avoid Salamone Rossi and his … poems has not ceased to captivate the imagination of modern musicians, scholars and their audiences. As time …
El Shokhen Shamayim - A Recorded Pearl of Andalusian Hebrew Music from Algeria Recovered
… magnificent collection of 78 rpm recordings of Sephardic music is well-known to all those interested in this … Meanwhile, we hope you enjoy this preview. The Algerian Jewish singer Gabriel Sayag recorded the piyyut El shokhen … of multiple cross-cultural interactions characteristic of modern North African Jewish music. The other side of our …
Avigdor (Tibor) Herzog
… The Jewish Music Research Centre mourns the recent passing of … Avigdor Herzog (1922-2022), one of the founders of modern Jewish music research and documentation in Israel, … Ethnomusicologist Avigdor Herzog was one of the founders of modern Jewish music research and documentation in Israel. …
Songs of Palestinian Jews from the Collection of Isaac Lurie (1913)
… The collection of historical Jewish field recordings at the Vernadsky National Library of … the earliest surviving specimens of Middle Eastern Jewish musical traditions. By nature of the technological … and unsystematic archeological sound remains offer the modern listener a partial glimpse into the soundscape of …
An Ashkenazi version of “Ehad mi yode’a” in…Arabic
… origins and circulation of “Ehad mi yode’a” throughout the Jewish world (including the question of whether it was … remarks refer to the two main sharqi versions documented musically, the ones from the ancient cities of Aleppo … prolific singers we encountered in the ethnography of the modern Hebrew song repertoire in Israel. Levitin, was …
The Idelsohn Project
… Is music intrinsically political? The best-known Jewish song in … days? What is the link between music and nationalism in the modern Jewish imagination? … … These queries form the core …
Eastern Mediterranean Judeo-Spanish Songs
… , Judith R. Cohen and Risto Pekka Pennanen In 2008 the Jewish Music Research Centre released a 4-CD package entitled An … of the Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) Cancionero on the Eve of Modern Era,” Estudios sefardies dedicados a la memoria de …
Idelsohn's Obituary of Abraham Goldfaden
… , Idelsohn projected into this text his own vision of Jewish history and destiny as well as his take on prophecy … seems to animate his writing. Written in a convoluted modern Hebrew prose, Idelsohn uses new Hebrew words coined … his own Gesamtkunstwerk, ‘Yiftah’, as ‘hizzayon negini’ (musical play). Modern Hebrew writers embraced the biblical …