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Haynt Iz Purim, Brider
… is one of the most familiar songs in the American Yiddish repertoire for Purim. It has appeared in many … studying them shows the complex process through which modern favorites in the Jewish repertoire were constructed … the 1966 film, which eventually found itself back on the stage as a successful musical in Israel and Broadway (as The …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… obscurity and are only known to experts in the history of modern Hebrew song. Na’aleh L’artzeinu is only dimly … its melody, one which I had learned in connection with the Yiddish song “Shnirele Perele.” In my initial exploration, I … important to record the melodies associated with the early stages of the rebuilding of our homeland, so that we, in the …
Four Melodies for Four Questions
… research rarely considers the Jewish home as a performing stage, even though major ceremonies of Judaism which include … the character of the texts included in this compilation. As modernity made its inroads into Jewish homes, more metric … questions. In some Ashkenazi communities, a paraphrase in Yiddish followed the Hebrew text phrase by phrase, a common …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… of Isaac, which was sung to texts in both Hebrew and Yiddish. Many of these texts touch directly upon the … accorded the Binding of Isaac a significant role in pre-modern times (Katz 2008). A Yiddish prose adaptation of the … H. 1862. Der Gottesdienst am Neujahrfeste und Versöhnungstage für angehende Vorsänger bearbeitet von M [aier] H. …
The Fall of Jerusalem in Song: The Ashkenazi Melody She’eh ne’esar
… sources. Amendments already appear in a very early stage in the transmission of the text (see Figure 2). Once … to a rapid diffusion of Jewish liturgical melodies in the modern era. Gershon Efros in his Cantorial Anthology (vol. … that is found in many Ashkenazi liturgical melodies and Yiddish folksongs. All in all, this oral version vindicates …
Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
… will be shown below) and are presented to the reader in a modern, annotated edition. A lengthy introduction provides … publications of Jewish music, especially in anthologies of Yiddish songs, the most prominent language of this corpus. … during the 1930s and through the 1950s were more common on stage than in reality. The separate subhead entitled “about …
Beregovski Collection - Nign no. 3
… music. This mode is common in prayer tunes, in the Yiddish folk song and in the old instrumental repertoire. … no. 3 entered the Chabad repertoire at a relatively later stage. Indeed members of Chabad in Israel informed Yaakov … nineteenth century, becoming an emblematic signifier of modern Israeli culture. As Mazor has shown in his …
Idelsohn's Obituary of Abraham Goldfaden
… The passing of the founder of the Yiddish theater spawned a touching emotional response by … the essence [of theatre], that is its content; the same stage serves two purposes, a [play] of comedy and rowdiness, … seems to animate his writing. Written in a convoluted modern Hebrew prose, Idelsohn uses new Hebrew words coined …
Nahôn libbo is hujire – Whole-heartedly is the fearful believer
… religious imagery could be read through the lenses of the modern national awakening of the Jews through the piyyut ’s … such a piece within a European work for the concert stage is an avant-garde idea in itself, and a remarkable one … Not by chance, it is followed by the famous philosophical Yiddish folksong Die alte Kasche (no. 6) that appears to …
Sleep, Sleep
… … Vemen vestu zingen, vemen? Leibu Levin Performs in Yiddish … Yiddish … Yiddish songs … Modern Yiddish stage … Non-religious Yiddish music … Lullaby … Sleep, Sleep …