The Announcement of the Institute of Jewish Music in Jerusalem by A.Z. Idelsohn and S.Z. Rivlin in 1910
Self-Revelation and the Law - Arnold Schoenberg in his Religious Works
Cancionero Sefardi
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Scores
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1995
An Early Twentieth-Century Sephardi Troubadour: The Historical Recordings of Haim Effendi of Turkey
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Recordings
Year:
2008
Taqsim: Instrumental Improvisation in Near Eastern Traditions
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This recording presents traditional instrumental solo improvisations performed by Arab and Jewish musicians in Israel. All but one of the taqasim (=pl. form of taqsim, the genre of Middle Eastern instrumental improvisation) are in mainstream urban style, a pan-Middle Eastern style that owes its existence largely to Egyptian musical trends and the Arabic mass media. The cassette is accompanied by a booklet with program notes in Hebrew, Arabic, and English.
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Recordings
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1980
Babi Yar
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For string orchestra, piano and percussion. The work is influenced by the Darmstadt School.
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Books
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1971
The heavenly Jerusalem
Singing Modernity: Synagogue Music in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth-Century Italy
Joel Rubin with the Epstein Brothers Orchestra: Zeydes un Eyniklekh
Zeydes un Eyniklekh brings together several generations of American klezmer musicians in a musical tribute to the "King of Klezmer", clarinetist Dave Tarras (1897-1989). A consummate master of the art of klezmer ornamentation, Joel Rubin is accompanied by the Epstein Brothers Orchestra. Together they perform the wedding and celebratory music of the Eastern European immigrants in America.
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Recordings
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1995
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