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Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… eighteenth centuries (Dreeßen 1971, 9-31). Philological research, however, suggests that the poem itself was … century and relied instead on oral transmission of their musical traditions. [15] The only implicit written records … Such remarks provide little information concerning the music itself, yet they offer valuable insights for the …

The Hebrew Version of Abû l-Salt’s Treatise on Music
… Modern research has failed to add substantially to our knowledge of … or of his works, which include a treatise on the science of music. The information available continues to be based … and composition, and his theoretical writings on music. An extensive musical treatise of his has come down to …

The Reliability of Oral Transmission: The Case of Samaritan Music
… concerning the processes of oral transmission of musical culture, the selection of informants in ethnomusicological research is necessarily haphazard. Yet, without a clear idea …

The Titles of the Psalms - A Renewed Investigation of an Old Problem
… gap, especially the one between Biblical studies and musicology - ' eine Situation, die...sich als geradezu … taken Biblical studies under H. J. Kraus and musicology under H. Hickmann. … 9434 … Psalms … Titles … … titles … Biblical studies … Musicology … Interdisciplinary research … The Titles of the Psalms - A Renewed …

A Jewish Sufi on the Influence of Music
… authors during the mediaeval period on the subject of music, a fair deal of information concerning attitudes … with the 'ethical' and therapeutic properties ascribed to music. The highly interesting ethical treatise … the subject. … 23205 … Treatise … Moral treatise … Music research … Music history … Jewish music … Jewish music …

Eduard Birnbaum - a Bibliography
… scholarly work is well known to every student of Jewish music. I was privileged to belong to the team that … to his article on the Birnbaum collection of Jewish music (see item no. 66 in our bibliography) and Alfred … A further list of articles found in the course of personal research and not included in these two sources was added. …

Notes on Bukharan Music in Israel
… ' … The present paper describes the findings of a six-week research trip to Israel in May-June 1971. Having specialized in the music of Afghanistan and Soviet Central Asia, I was … traditions in Israel, particularly in the area of secular music. This interest was stimulated by the observations of …

A.Z. Idelsohn: A Pioneer in Jewish Ethnomusicology
… ' … In the beginning of the twentieth century, the study and research of Jewish music was motivated by the belief that the music of biblical times survived in the living traditions of …

Idelsohn’s Scholarly and Literary Publications: An Annotated Bibliography
… was regarded by many as the savant and saviour of Jewish music. In 1932 on the double occasion of his fiftieth … that he has bestowed upon the Jew a great gift, a music of his own, hitherto undiscovered, unknown. Hence, … … Annotated bibliography … Jewish music … Jewish music research … Idelsohn’s Scholarly and Literary Publications: …

The Archives of the World Centre for Jewish Music in Palestine, 1936-1940, at the Jewish National and University Library, Jerusalem
… The musicological activities in Israel prior to statehood are … of single individuals, possessing usually a European musicological and humanistic education; best known of such … institutional tools for the advancement of Jewish music research: Idelsohn's attempt to establish in 1910 the Makôn …