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The Idelsohn Project
… Is music intrinsically political? The best-known Jewish song in the world is “Hava Nagila” (“Come, let us rejoice”). This … channels of dissemination and the reception of twentieth-century Jewish aural nationalism; the impact of World War I …
About the Jews of Yemen, A Vanishing Culture
… by renowned ethnomusicologist Johanna Spector, addresses the history and rituals of the Jews of Yemen, both in Yemen and in Israel. The music … (the most important Jewish poet of Yemen from the 17 th century), drumming on improvised percussion instruments, …

A Jewish Sufi on the Influence of Music
… The Judeo- Arabic treatise “Al Murhid ila al- tafarrud” includes fragments of musical scores. The entire piece, dated here to the 14th century was very much influenced by Islamic Sufism and …

Hintern Forhang [Behind the Scenes]
… This book includes articles and anecdotes about Yiddish theater. A second edition was published by the National Yiddish Book Center in 2000. … 68 … 68 … 1 … 1 … … 207 … Vilna … B. Kletskin … … 1928 … Eastern Europe … Theater … Theater music … Yiddish … Europe … East … Yiddish …

The Musicians of Ashdod
… & 5th figures), poss. lyre, & tambourine are placed around the center of a cylindrical vessel with bowl on top. … Philistine musical instruments. Photos of 3 views of the vessel, however figures of musicians are not clearly … … 310-311 … … 23 … Archeology … Ancient … Moshe Dothan … The Musicians of Ashdod …

שירי ארץ ישראל? Songs of the Land of Israel?
… The genre “Songs of the Land of Israel“ is considered as the 'folk' music of Israel. This repertoire, unlike most … other folk music cultures, has developed mainly in the 20th century and consists of composed songs. Nevertheless, it …

Deux textes arabes inedits sur la musique
… in Hebrew letters one of which originates from Iraq in the late 10th century. They discusses different aspects of music, list melodic and …

Bernstein Remembered
… Directed by Michael Liben This film, put together by the Hebrew University looks back on Leonard Bernstein 's life, career, and his connections to Judaism and to the State of Israel. The connections to the latter are deep …

The Treatise on Music translated into Hebrew by Juda ben Isaac (Paris B.N. Heb. 1037, 22v-27v)
… Based on the article Israel Adler translated in Yuval I, p.1-47, this article attempts to reach the historic origin of the article in question and its … creation is described spanning from the 11th to the 15th century. … 2 … Yuval Studies of The Jewish Music Research …