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Khupe-marsh (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 …
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… was an Israeli researcher of Jewish music with emphasis on the study of Hassidic music traditions. He was also a public figure, being a significant activist in the Hapoel Hamizrachi movement, a religious socialist party within the Zionist movement. A thorough evaluation of his …
Sirba
… 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 …
Experiencing Devekut
… “Among hasidim the niggun not only reveals the state of mind of the singer, but also arouses the singer to the [hasidic] …
Cantar de las Flores
… 73 … 736 … To view the song's lyrics, click here . In the Ladino tradition, the copla is a unique Jewish genre, as … to the well known coplero Yehuda Val’I of the 18th century. However, in the actual oral tradition it has been …
Volekh (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT compiles a wide array of source materials that shed … every fiber.” [Zager or Zhagare, Lithuania, late nineteenth-century]. Sachs 1928, p. 126 . “Wallachian: a folk tune …
Uncle Moses
… This 1932 film, based on Shalom Asch's novel, was one of the first American Yiddish films. It deals with many of the issues that occupied the newly landed immigrants from Eastern Europe including …
Ezra Barnea
… Hazzan Ezra Barnea, was born in the Bukharian quarter of Jerusalem in 1935 to Rabbi Nehemiah … of Persian origin. His adopted surname, Barnea, consists of the first letters of his fathers’ name Bar (son of) Ne hemia ‘ Ezra. Above all Barnea …
Mordekhai Hershman
… was born in 1888 in Chernigov (Polish: Chernikhov) in the Chernigov Governorate of the Russian Empire, today Chernihiv in Ukraine and died in … Klein, Amit. “Changing Performance Styles of Twentieth Century Ashkenazi Cantorial Recitatives.” Analytical …
Hoshna’na Rabbah in Casale Monferrato 1732
… A critical edition of a musical ceremony for the festival of Hosha'ana Rabbah from the Italian Jewish community of Casale Monferato (1732), found in Ms. Ginzburg 807[1] at the Lenin State Library in Moscow. Score for 5-6 voices, …