… a baritone, two tenors, a piano player and one who imitated musical instruments, was a huge success. They appeared in hundreds … the history of these six performers, but this is not a musical, but a documentary, utilizing archival footage and …

… and later studied Musicology and Composition at the Gnessin Musical Institute in Moscow (1967-1971), receiving his PhD … over a hundred compositions, including pieces for solo instruments, chamber and vocal music, choral music, ballet, … cantatas and oratorios. Dorfman researched the Jewish musical tradition of Eastern Europe, focusing on the work of …

… years with his brothers in the clothing business, pursuing musical activities in his free time. In April of 1884, Stark … to use the Union Prayer Book, and as such, Stark composed musical settings for most of the liturgy for their service. … choir, and was one of the first cantors to introduce instruments, aside from the organ, into the synagogue …

Ovshori in mugham Chargah consists of several short phrases of four or…

Jon däaddäy ("My beloved mother") in mugham Segah is sung to a text by…

Born in Ludenberg (near Vienna). Studied music and religion in several cities in…

… assume, at a chosen moment, the suggestive force of sound instruments and may join the singing in some sort of sound … his singing by beating the drums or an array of percussion instruments as does the band-man, again producing some  …   … 9480 … Vocal … Vocal music … Polyphony … Folk music … Instruments … Percussion … Definitions … Monophony … Jewish …

repr. in Journal of Synagogue Music, iii/2 (1971), 43–70. During the 18th century,…

… older recordings from Radio Makhachkala. The book includes musical transcriptions and full texts of a selection of …

Ph.D., Columbia University. Researcher on Ottoman Turkish and Jewish music, as well as…