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Beroyges-tants
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…
Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
… in collections published elsewhere, but only, it seems, in forms that make its recovery all but impossible today” (pp. … is found in those melodies that actually appear in two forms—Aeolian and altered Phrygian on the same note. A case …
1. Oh Lovely Parrot!
Sarah Cohen, Ruby S. Hallegua. Recorded by Barbara Johnson, Kochi, January 2, 1977…
Idelsohn’s trilingual autobiography and Yiska Idelsohn’s oral memoire
This document, in the form of a synoptic table, incorporates three versions of Idelsohn’…
The Jerusalem-Sephardic Tradition
… of piyyutim and that which follows, a solo singer performs a musical section called peti h a (opening) – a maqam … and is a combination of the Hebrew language, which forms the base of prayers and piyyutim , and musical …
Mordekhai Zeira
Life
Mordekhai Zeira was born in Kiev, Russia, in 1905. Although he was born to a…