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German Jewish Sacred Musical Intersections
… the public at large. The historical period under investigation dates from the early 19 th century up to World War II, … these practices within a broad European cultural context. The synagogue is conceived not only as a ritual space but also as a location …
Shir hama’alot - The umbilical cord between liturgical and domestic soundspheres in Ashkenazi culture
… This melody was sung on the first two days of Pessa h for Birkat Kohanim, and … Ogutsch, Der Frankfurter Kantor : Sammlung der traditionellen Frankfurter synagogalen Gesänge. Frankfurt Am Main: … Moshe Nordheim. Independent recording, 1993. CD 2811 in National Sound Archives. Score example B1: Hodu for Pessa h as …
Karaite Jews Musical Tradition
… have maintained the basic principles of their traditions. Over the course of these many centuries, liturgical … Karaite heritage. History According to the Karaite tradition, the community's origins can be traced back to a dispute … the days of Alexander Jannaeus (c. 100 B.C.E) during the Second Temple period. [1] There is no precise information …
Elio Piattelli
… enhanced the liturgical life of the synagogue (and beyond) with a choir that sang melodies from the oral traditions of the various rites of the Roman Jewish community as well as original compositions for holidays and festivals. Graduated cum laude in …
Bazetsens (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT ). The LKT compiles a wide array of source materials that shed light on the historical and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each …
Avner Bahat
… and his father in Smutrich, Ukraine., His parents met on their way to Israel and got married. At the age of five, … his musical talent. Over time he developed a great skill on the recorder which would become very important in his life and more than once he was called 'Avner with the recorder'. After a few …
Bessie Schonberg
… Bierschenk, a young woman originally hired as a companion to Schönberg's mother. She moved to Dresden with the … War I. At age seventeen, Schönberg moved to Eugene, Oregon to be with her mother and to study at the University … Martha Hill joined the faculty of the University of Oregon that Schönberg became truly inspired by her studies in …
Book review: James Kaplan, Irving Berlin: New York Genius
… giving its hero the benefit of the doubt in awkward situations (of which there are many), not showing much in the way … and others) that give rise to authorial rambling and invention — this is maybe the book for you. Berlin died in 1989 at … of sorts by his friend Alexander Woollcott, a version effectively authorized by Berlin himself, had appeared …
Anshel Schorr
… Anshel Schorr, son of prominent Lemberg cantor Baruch Schorr , was a … , Abe Ellstein , Arnold Perlmutter , Herman Wohl , Molly Picon and many more. Of Schorr’s varied and impressive corpus, two works should be mentioned in particular: the operetta Shir Hashirim ( 1911) and …