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Qad Zawajunī - Here I Was Wed
… of Israel, even though its cultural context and the functions that it upheld have changed because of the extreme … difficulties of day-to-day life and even criticism of their social status in their communities: 'At their parties they … the performances of the song 'do not aspire to change the social order, but rather provide a space to express the …
Bulgar (LKT)
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…
A cantor’s pledge in the High Holyday’s Provençal liturgy (Minhag Carpentras)
… century. A perception of this decay, the result of the resocialization of the Comtadin Jews into the mainstream of … of this selection of verses had different liturgical functions in the past? While the frozen musical notation in …
Volekh (LKT)
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…
Judeo-Spanish Songs for the Life Cycle in the Eastern Mediterranean
… Folk Songs of the Bulgarian Jews in the Past,” Annual of Social, Cultural and Educational Association of the Jews in … and Arab music in Israel Today , vol.1, pp. 9-26. 1998 “Social functions of the Judeo-Spanish Romancero,” in: Joachim Braun …
Sholom Secunda
Sholom Secunda was born on August 23, 1894 in Alexandria, a small town in the Kherson…
Idelsohn's Obituary of Abraham Goldfaden
The passing of the founder of the Yiddish theater spawned a touching emotional response…