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Book review: James Kaplan, Irving Berlin: New York Genius
… wished to write about him (except for interviews on his own terms), and, obsessed with copyrights, refused permissions … early years by Ian Whitcomb (1987), still one of the most musically literate surveys, and a journalistic rehash of the …
Book Review: Joel E. Rubin, New York Klezmer in the Early Twentieth Century
… Similarly, Rubin’s study relies heavily on minute musical detail—including intricate discussions of form and … he embraces the idea that canonical figures can define a musical style, and that a ready community will receive and … of contemporary relevance. Does it work? On the narrow terms that Rubin has set out for himself—one chapter on mode …
German Jewish Sacred Musical Intersections
… German music as a “universal” language against which other musical nationalisms in Europe defined themselves. … voices in synagogue choirs are an important aspect of this musical innovation. Third, the use of instrumental music, … an integrative project both in practical and theoretical terms. … To attain our goals we will capitalize on the …
Eastern Mediterranean Judeo-Spanish Songs
… public interest in the role commercial recordings had on musical traditions from the early twentieth century, that … Effendi dominated the playlist of Sephardic communities in terms of his proportional share of the market, he was by no … ago Sunday, November 22, 2020, 7 p.m. Hadass Pal-Yarden : musical direction, vocals Yaniv Ovadia : baglama Eliyahu …
A Recovered Voice from the Past
… Avraham Zvi Idelsohn, the founding father of modern Jewish musical research. Idelsohn’s life traversed several … artifacts that still define in many ways the Jewish musical imagination in both its scholarly and popular forms. … the persistent instability of the Idelsohn household in terms of financial security and dwelling locations. Frequent …
Idelsohn’s trilingual autobiography and Yiska Idelsohn’s oral memoire
… sounded beautiful to me, loved singing and had a very good musical memory, excellent for remembering melodies that he … left Libau in the spring of 1901 for Berlin to continue my musical education. Hebrew version: He kept his promise and … This sour memory of Birnbaum contrasts with the laudatory terms with which Idelsohn praised his predecessor in his …
Book Review: Music’s Making - The Poetry of Music; The Music of Poetry
… me at all. To the contrary, I would like to hear a few musical things about it. There was nothing to read about … I would indeed like to know what objection my opponents, musically—objectively, have against my work. So please … into a rather strange intellectual world. Some of the terms and phrases (middle voice, intersubjectivity, nomadic …
Yaakov Huri
… (from 1952 onwards) sought in Israel for a place where the musical tradition of their ancestors as they knew it was … vast recorded collection shows a certain consistency in terms of the selection of her research collaborators. She … units within each ‘eda, and therefore discards local musical lore in favor of a generic repertoire related to …
A Flowering Debate: A Judeo-Spanish Song (not just) for Tu BiShvat
… emerged therefore from a rich multicultural poetic and musical background that can be traced back to the medieval … Mahur in its header (see Figure 2 above ). Evidence of this musical tradition of El debate de las flores is scant. A … East to West, is already “hispanized,” shifting the Turkish terms of the Eastern versions, especially the names of the …