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56. The Song of Ruth
… If parted by death, we two shall be as one. To join the Jewish People my desire is great.” “To join the Jewish People your trouble will be great! Know that Saturday … widow. Zacharia notes that the colloquial style of this folksong renders it divisible into dramatic scenes, with …
34. Golden Palanquin
… listeners of similar performances of Muslim and Christian folksongs. As there are no Jewish markers in the contents of the song, it is possible that it originated as a non-Jewish song associated with circle dances and was …
Tish-nigunim Ascribed to Yosl Tolner and the Aesthetics of the Genre
… as early as 1927 in a collection of Lithuanian Jewish tunes (Bernstein [1927] 1958, #95), in which it is … is highlighted: Textless songs have probably been common in Jewish life for a long time. This could be connected with … for Jewish History. Cahan, Yehude Leyb. 1957. Yiddish Folksongs with Melodies . Edited by Max Weinreich. New York: …
Yossef (Yusuf) Zaarur
… This generational tension between well-to-do Baghdadi Jewish families and their youngsters who loved music and … musicians—still prevalent in early-twentieth century Iraqi Jewish society—as well the shifts in attitudes towards … His Master’s Voice in 1936, attained the status of an Iraqi folksong. His compositions contributed to the promotion of …
Splendid Singing Birds: Jewish Women’s Songs from Kerala
… release of Yuval Music Series 14, Splendid Singing Birds: Jewish Women’s Songs from Kerala. This is one of the longstanding projects of the Jewish Music Research Centre. Led with diligence, profound … songs preserved by the Jewish women of Cochin. … Folksongs … Cochin … Folksong … India … Kerala … Women …
Sarah Gorby
… , Bessarabia (now Chișinău, Moldova), was a renowned Jewish singer known for performing Yiddish, Russian, and … technique. She initially performed in small venues and Jewish community events, where her unique voice and emotive … Singer … Yiddish songs … Ladino … Jewish music … Romances … Folksong … Sarah Gorby …
Léibele Schwartz
… , and on the bilingual radio program La Hora Israelita (The Jewish Hour) in the Radio Porteña station. In 1947, at the … Zedek , the third oldest synagogue in New York City and the Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills , one of the oldest … Yom Kipur" (Panzer Records) "Leibele Schwartz in four folksongs" (Sung in Yiddish)/ Leibele Schwartz, vocals; …
Idelsohn’s trilingual autobiography and Yiska Idelsohn’s oral memoire
… 1930s, appeared in 1935. The English one was published in Jewish Music Journal 2, no. 2 (1935): 8-11. The Hebrew one … the special favor of the Duke who allowed her, as the only Jewish pupil, to visit his German primary school. All her … read. Later I found out, that they were [tunes of] Polish folksongs or Hussar [cavalry] marches. The local as well as …
A Recovered Voice from the Past
… Jews, Heinrich Graetz, the great nineteenth-century German Jewish historian, once wrote, is essentially a history of … and saints, or Leidensgeschichte and Geistesgeschichte . Jewish Studies in this formulation consisted of the … rabbinic elites. In the twentieth century, scholars of the Jewish past have moved far beyond this constricting …
Sonic Ruins: Accessory Images for Book
… resources for Sonic Ruins of Modernity: Judeo-Spanish Folksongs Today . The images are labeled as in the book … 1928 (view enlarged image) Image 3.4: Refael Elnadav Ladino Folksongs LP Cover (view enlarged image) Image 3.4a: Refael … La Novia le disa al Novia (view enlarged image) Image 4.3 Jewish wedding singers Thessaloniki postcard (view enlarged …