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Yiddish Folksong (The Music of the Yiddish Folksong)
The Yiddish language, which probably began to develop around the tenth century A.D. in…
Pnina Salzman
“The first lady of the piano in Israel,' and, 'She is considered the first Israel-born…
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
Niggun ‘Akedah is an Ashkenazi melody firmly associated with the Binding of Isaac,…
Tish-nigunim Ascribed to Yosl Tolner and the Aesthetics of the Genre
… subtonic in the minor mode, and numerous melismas. Musical links to neighboring traditions are apparent in the choices …
«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…
