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Tish-nigunim Ascribed to Yosl Tolner and the Aesthetics of the Genre
Tish-nigunim in the Post-vernacular Era
This study aims to trace the unique…

Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
If you have ever searched for Hatikvah online, you were surely exposed to a barrage of…

Freylekhs (LKT)
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…

Sher
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…

«A Special Kind of Antisemitism»: On Russian Nationalism and Jewish Music
In 1958, on the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Society for Jewish Folk…
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
Niggun ‘Akedah is an Ashkenazi melody firmly associated with the Binding of Isaac,…

Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
Introduction
Jewish cantillation—the intoned reading of Torah, Haftarah, and other…