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Emanuel Zamir
Emanuel Zamir was a unique figure in the field of Hebrew Folksong (Zemer Ivri). He was…
Mordekhai Zeira
Life
Mordekhai Zeira was born in Kiev, Russia, in 1905. Although he was born to a…
Yosef Hadar
Yosef Hadar was born in Tel Aviv in 1926 to a musical family. His mother Yafa and his…
Karel Ančerl
Karel Ančerl, conductor, born April 11, 1908 in Tučapy (Southern Bohemia). Karel Ančerl…
Issachar Miron-Michrovsky
Portrayed by Readers' Digest as 'a top ranking composer;' in Christian…
The Sound of a Women's Voice: Gender and Music in a New York Hasidic Community
On Lubavitcher hasidim. The book was originally published in 1987 as Contributions in…
Liturgical-Musical Customs at the Dawn of a New Era: Continuity and Change in Salomon Geiger’s Divrey Kehillot
Geiger’s work testifies to the overwhelming continuity of the liturgical-musical customs…
Kol Zimra: the Sound of Song
Dr. Musleah has authored three books. In 1973, he published “On the Banks of the Ganga,…
The Music of the Judeo-Spanish Romancero: Stylistic features
Analyzes the style of 91 examples from the Judeo-Spanish repertoire on the basis of…
Sacred Sound and Social Change
A refreshing attempt to deal with the development of Jewish and Christian liturgical…