Portaleone, Abraham ben David
Encyclopedic entry
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Articles in Books
Year:
2001
The Music Survives!: Degenerate Music
(Compact Disc) Retrieved from: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Research: Bibliographies Collection of music suppressed and labeled “degenerate” by the Nazis. Includes a VHS documentary exploring how and why these composers came to be viewed as corrupting influences on “Aryan” culture.
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Recordings
Year:
1997
Chamber music from Theresienstadt: 1941-1945
(Compact Disc) Retrieved from: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Research: Bibliographies Presents five pieces by Gideon Klein and Viktor Ullman, all composed or performed in Theresienstadt.
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Recordings
Year:
1991
Dachau Song: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper
Author
Retrieved from: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Research: Bibliographies Traces the life of Herbert Zipper, a Viennese conductor and composer sent to Dachau in 1938. Describes his efforts to create a secret orchestra in the camp, his transfer to Buchenwald, and his eventual release in 1939.
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Books
Year:
1992
Salamone Rossi, the Mystery Man of Jewish Art Music Composers
Report from Israel
Author
Report from the 10th Congress of the International Assenbly of Music Libraries in Jerusalem 1974.
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Articles in Journals
Year:
1975
Porto, Allegro
Civita, Davit [da]
Heinrich Schalit and Paul Ben-Haim in Munich
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Articles in Books
Year:
1982
Argov, Sasha (Abramovich, Aleksander)
Author
Editor
An entry dedicated to the Israeli composer Shasa Argov. The entry includes selective list of Argov's works
Material Type:
Articles in Books
Year:
2001
- A Polka Mazurka
- Niggun of the Meggid of Mezerich From the album, "The Hasidic Niggun as Sung by the Hasidim." This dance niggun is the seventh and last in a series of niggunim sung by Bratslav Hasidim as they dance after the Shabbat evening service on Friday night. Some have attributed the niggun to R. Dov Ber, the meggid of Mezerich.
- Kol B'ru'ei (Padua, Italy) From the album, "Italian Jewish Musical Traditions from the Leo Levi Collection (1954-1961)." The poem depicts "all creatures" singing and praising the unity of God, and was recited in the Italian rite during the daily morning prayer. This melody was sung only on Rosh Hashanah (New Year) in the Italian tradition of Padua.
- Yigdal From the album, "Judeo-Carribean Currents, Music of the Mikve Israel-Emanuel Synagogue in Curaçao," performed by Gideon Zelermyer. The Yigdal is part of the ceremonial section of the liturgical order of Shabbat and the Holy Days in the Curaçao synagogue. It is one of the ending hymns of the service.
- Eres Chiquita y Bonita From the album, "Judeo-Spanish Moroccan Songs for the Life Cycle," sung by Alicia Bendayan from Tetuan. This is a song about courtship, related to the Jewish rituals that mark the events of the life cycle.
- Sweet Shalt Be My Chant From the album, "Kulmus Hanefesh," performed by Yair Harel on voice and tar, and Matti Kovler on voice and piano. A sacred hymn attributed to Rabbi Yehuda ha-Chasid, this is a Chabad tune with a near-Eastern arrangement.
- Lyr II From the album, "The Music of the Mountain Jews." Lyr is a genre found among all Turkish peoples, consisting of long, complex compositions usually comprised of three parts.
- Gilu ha-Galilim (Rejoice Galileans) From the album, "Nights in Canaan, Early Songs of the Land of Israel (1882-1946)." This is a Second Aliyah (1904-1914) song which became an integral part of the historical repertoire of Hebrew song. Both native-born and newly arrived pioneers sang this song in all circumstances.
- Saperi Tama From the album, "With Songs They Respond: The Diwan of the Jews from Central Yemen." This is a girdle poem by Se'adia ben Amram. Saperi Tama is sung to many melodies and is one of Yemenite Jewry's most common poems.