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Yaakov Huri recordings
… Berlin to Jerusalem and Back - The Letters of German-Jewish Musicologist Edith Gerson Kiwi (1908-1992),” a joint venture … Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover, Germany) and the Jewish Music Research Centre (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, … archive , which aimed to systematically document the musical traditions of the Baghdadi Jewish community. The …
Book Review: Joel E. Rubin, New York Klezmer in the Early Twentieth Century
… Rubin, New York Klezmer in the Early Twentieth Century: The Music of Naftule Brandwein and Dave Tarras . Syracuse: … trilogy of sorts, alongside Hankus Netsky’s Klezmer: Music and Community in Twentieth Century Jewish Philadelphia … mix, and the discussion might have begun to lose focus and power. But that’s not the point: Rubin’s analysis, including …
Piyyutim for the High Holidays
… singing other liturgical texts. The melody consists of two musical phrases repeated according to the aaba scheme. … U'ak. … From the upcoming release of JMRC's-Anthology of Musical Traditions in Israel: The Historical Recordings of … of Turkey In spite of his unparalleled fame as a singer and musician during his lifetime, very few details about the …

Heinrich Schalit and Paul Ben-Haim in Munich
… The Nazi rise to power in Germany at the beginning of 1933 brought to an … abrupt halt an important development in the field of Jewish music in Munich, especially with regard to the cooperation … between Heinrich Schalit and Paul Ben-Haim. A study of musical developments in the Munich Jewish community of the …
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… - December 9, 1977) was an Israeli researcher of Jewish music with emphasis on the study of Hassidic music traditions. He was also a public figure, being a … in the concert by Schlesinger “lack the sweetness and the power of expression of the Hassidic niggunim,” he went on to …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… of the opening stanza, is the refrain (the same words and music are repeated) and x, the last line of the rest of the … Shofet kol ha’aretz.” This is the earliest mention of the music of our poem, and obviously it indicates that in the … sung preceding and during the High Holidays. Ashkenazi musical traditions of Shofet kol ha'aretz Our previous …
Sholom Secunda
… and C. Once in New York, Mr. Wolf began to manage Sholom's musical career, setting up engagements in a number of … career came to a venerable halt. However, he continued his musical and general education at Eron Prep School, and began … still harbored hope that he would be able to continue his musical career. After one disappointing year at Cooper …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… 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 … until the present day. Finally, we see that even the power of religion is limited. The wane and near …