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Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
Introduction
Jewish cantillation—the intoned reading of Torah, Haftarah, and other…
Assaf Shelleg
Musicologist and pianist Assaf Shelleg is senior lecturer of musicology at The Hebrew…
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
Niggun ‘Akedah is an Ashkenazi melody firmly associated with the Binding of Isaac,…
Jewish Professional Musicians in Iraq and Israel, Revisited
In 1979 Esther Warkov, a young American PhD student in ethnomusicology, came…
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
Introduction
It is November 15, 2016 and I am sitting in a car, driving on a mountain…
Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics:…
Jewish Professional Musicians in Iraq and Israel, Revisited
In 1979 Esther Warkov, a young American PhD student in ethnomusicology, came to Israel…
Book Review: Joel E. Rubin, New York Klezmer in the Early Twentieth Century
Joel E. Rubin, New York Klezmer in the Early Twentieth Century: The Music of Naftule…