… and will examine a few versions and adaptions focusing on changes introduced to the text and the music within … versions, on the other hand, were much more subject to change in their lyrical content. The Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) … on the Ladino song, Dr. Susana Weich-Shahak. The lyrical changes found in these versions as well as in versions from …

… community, not to sing it and, in general, not to introduce changes in the local music customs. Not all the sections of …

… schedule. Popularity brings blindness to the political changes taking place at the time in Germany. The official …

Gershon Sirota was born in 1874 in Podolia, where his father officiated as the village…

… berukhim . Unlike the custom in weddings and other social events, this hallel does not include a blessing, but …

… and began incorporating other folk music idioms. This change in compositional style was accompanied by a drastic …

Directed by Arnan Zafrir This hour long film documents the different traditions and…

… scale], rather than unrestricted improvisation. Some interchange is evident between doina and other contemplative, … sustains chords while the soloist articulates. Chord changes are indicated by the soloist as the piece … plays. The soloist leads the accompanists into harmonic changes usually quite obvious, following standard melodic …

Leon Blank was born in Lithuania in 1867. When Blank was just a boy, his family moved to…

… berukhim . Unlike the custom in weddings and other social events, this hallel does not include a blessing, but …