A pioneer study of the chanting of the Mishnah, the Jewish Oral Law, by the Jews of Aleppo in Syria. This monograph, inspired by the studies of ethnolinguistics, presents a methodological model for the study of oral traditions of chanting sacred texts with diverse types of sound patterns ranging from speech to full-fledged melody.
The tradition of singing the Psalms according to a specific set of masoretic accents (ta'ame emet) had been considered nearly forgotten. However, on the basis of the oral renditions of Psalms performed by North African and Middle Eastern Jews in liturgical and non-liturgical contexts that have survived until the present, this monograph maintains that many aspects of the system of cantillation according to masoretic accents was kept alive in actual practice.
Musical notes, explaination of Gregorian Chant (with Latin text). The hymn of St. Stanislaus given with notes for 4 voices; Discantus, altus, tenor, contratenor, in mensural notation, Latin text. pp. 98-101. Jewish Theological Seminary Library, NY. For further notes see Sendrey, p.82.
A useful resource for research in Sepharadic synagogue chants and secular music.
Contains Eastern-European Ashkenazi chants and Hasidic melodies as well as some choral arrangements of the same. The Anthology also contains original compositions of Jewish composers, most importantly Arnold Schonberg's last compositions 'Mima'amakim" (in Hebrew).
A collection of Sephardi chants as sung in Florence.
A collection of chants as sung by the original Italian Jews of Rome. Conducted by the choral master of the Great Synagogue of Rome.
Excellent collection of Yemenite chants and songs with annotations and explanations. A sequel to Idelsonhn's Thesaurus. vol. I.
The most important anthology of Jewish music. The first five volumes contain music of Oriental Jewish communities which Idelsohn heard in Jerusalem during the years 1907-1921. The other five volumes contain music of Ashkenazi communities which Idelsohn collected from different sources. Volumes VI and VII are based on the manuscripts of the Birnbaum Collection at the Library of the Hebrew Union College Cincinnati.
