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Curt Sachs
… Nazi persecution, Sachs moved to Paris, and later to the United States, where he settled in New York City. In 1913, Sachs …
Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
… Melngailis’s views during the Nazi occupation of the Baltic States. He quotes Melngailis’s mention of the linguist … to Solomon Shmulewitz (Small) who published the song in the United States as “ A brivele zu mamen ” ('A letter from … no. 428). Could the song have arrived in Latvia from the United States, in either a printed version or a commercial …
The Edith Gerson-Kiwi Legacy
… of the prominent German-Jewish figures in the field to the United States, a narrative developed in which Comparative …
Ben-Zion (Yisrael Noach) Kapov-Kagan
… Boleshiviks, Yisrael Noach eventually fled Russia for the United States by using the passport of his brother, Ben-Zion, whose … name he would retain for the remainder of his life. In the United States, he served as hazzan at the Ocean Parkway …
Idelsohn: The Founder and Builder of the Science of Jewish Music – A Creator of Jewish Song
… of the most important spokesmen of Reform Judaism in the United States, and a prolific writer on Judaica. He was influential … Idelsohn. In 1923 the year of Idelsohn's arrival in the United States, the Council of Jewish Women in New …
Unintentional History: Musical Moments in 1930s Yiddish Films
… of the Yiddish-language film of the 1930s in Poland and the United States provides an example of this sort of unintentional …
Tanya Sermer
… performer, and cantor throughout Israel, Canada, and the United States. … Researcher and performer … Tanya Sermer …
Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… on the development of liberal liturgical music in the United States and the repertoire and career of Debbie Friedman, …
Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… and resources that have shaped Jewish music study in the United States, see Cohen 2008. Critical perspectives on Idelsohn’s … War II. Rich ethnographic work on current practices in the United States can be found in Summit 2000 and forthcoming, …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… by those who grew up in specific Zionist circles in the United States in the 1930s and 1940s. [1] What drew my attention to …