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Parallels Between the Old–French and the Jewish Song
A somewhat controversial article in which Idelsohn tries to show traces of Jewish music…
Der Missinai-Gesang der deutschen Synagoge
'The mis-sinay Song of the German Synagogue' An analysis of nine tunes which are used in…
Song and Singers of the Synagogue in the Eighteenth Century
repr. in Journal of Synagogue Music, iii/2 (1971), 43–70. During the 18th century,…
The Klezmer Tradition in the Land of Israel
A collection of field recordings, mainly klezmer musical pieces, performed in Israel and…
Voices in the sanctuary: Musical Practices of the American Synagogue
The system that defines the musical and liturgical practices of the Ashkenazi synagogue…
Tonality and Motivic Interrelationships in the Performance Practice of Nusach
The article presents several case studies in which the application of concepts and tools…
Observations on Practices of Nusach in America
The move from 'Old-World' Europe to modern and late-modern America, so far as the…
The Cantorial Fantasia of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: A Late Manifestation of the Musical Trope
Western Ashkenazi cantors have developed a new soloist style of liturgically important…
Judeo-Spanish Moroccan Songs for the Life Cycle
A collection of life-cycle songs: birth, circumcision, wedding etc., sung in Ladino. All…