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Yiddish Folksong (The Music of the Yiddish Folksong)
The Yiddish language, which probably began to develop around the tenth century A.D. in…
Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
Introduction
Jewish cantillation—the intoned reading of Torah, Haftarah, and other…
Steiger
A term in use in the European Jewish musical tradition to refer to the different modal…
Book review: James Kaplan, Irving Berlin: New York Genius
James Kaplan, Irving Berlin: New York Genius. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2019…
Andalusian Nuba
In this article we will review the development of the Nuba, which is considered the…
The “Jewish Baroque”: The Allure of a Modern Musical Affair
On March 15, 1899, the distinguished scholar, cantor, composer and avid manuscript…