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The “Jewish Baroque”: The Allure of a Modern Musical Affair
On March 15, 1899, the distinguished scholar, cantor, composer and avid manuscript…
Joseph Achron
… teaching and performing, and began to write music for the Yiddish Theater. In 1932 he was commissioned to compose … music ensembles and wrote music for Maurice Schwarz’s Yiddish Art Theatre and for synagogue services. In New York …
Kurt Weill
… Edition-Kurt Weill Archives contains manuscripts and microfilms of Weil's works. The archive is deposit at the Ruth T. …

Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… Hebrew, ‘Zeruvabel’ by [Moshe Leib] Lilienblum, written in Yiddish and translated into Hebrew. Within the play songs … not the “Palestinian” one and with a transliteration in Yiddish pronunciation) as well as a Yiddish parody (no. 200 … is the most widespread one in websites, publications and films carrying the history of the tune of Hatikvah . This …
Baqqashah (Pl. Baqqashot)
… musical styles heard on records and, later, on radio and in films. The accessibility of the modern Arabic music spread …
A Recovered Voice from the Past
… attended as there were by that time several Hebrew and Yiddish plays on the subject. One sound possibility is the … the Ashkenazi community run by the Haredi community where Yiddish was spoken. See, Efraim Cohen Reiss, Mizikhronot Ish … several 78rpms of hazzanut for Polydor. See: http://www.yiddishmusic.jewniverse.info/pinkasowiczsalomo/index.html …