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Sabbath in Paradise
… Documentary. 85 min. Portraits musical encounter between radical Jewish musicians like John Zorn and traditionalists like Andy Statman. Interviews with leading contemporary klezmer musicians. Basis for the title is the folktale, 'Sabbath in …
Too Early To Be Quiet, Too Late To Sing
… Alberstein's film. A flourishing Yiddish culture of poetry, music, drama, and literature came to an abrupt end with the … songs. Her acclaimed CD 'The Well', where she set to music 15 poems of the greatest Yiddish poets of the 20th …
A Cantor's Tale
… The tradition of Eastern European Jewish cantorial music is alive and well in modern America in no small part … the American roots of 'hazzanut'( Jewish liturgical music) while taking us on a musical voyage that spans the Atlantic, originating in his …
The Singing Blacksmith - Yankl der schmid
… with English subtitles. Director: Edgar Ulmer Yiddish musical, with cantorial legend Moishe Oysher. Moishe Oysher, … cantor and star of Yiddish radio, stars in Edgar G. Ulmer’s musical version of David Pinski’s play Yankl der Shmid. … Hazzanim,Chazzanut,Chazzan,Hazzan,Hazzanim,Cantors … 1938 … Music … Eastern Europe … Yiddish … Europe … East … Yiddish …
Kurt Weill
… actress Lotte Lenya. In the US he was influenced by popular music and jazz, he met several of the outstanding figures of the Broadway stage and began to write musicals that enjoyed tremendous popularity. All the while, he never stopped writing operas and classical music. In 1946, four years before his death, he composed the …
The Mystery of Aris San
… Communication Ltd., Tel Aviv … … 2007 … Israel … Popular music … Greece … Pop … Popular songs … Greek … Documentary … …
Blue Note: The Story of Modern Jazz
… English, the two men began to record practically unknown musicians on the Blue Note label in 1939. Today this list of … Ron Carter and Horace Silver. Wonderful anecdotes from musicians, associates and friends interspersed with riveting …
The Dybbuk - Der dibuk
… actors and historical advisors. The film's exquisite musical and dance interludes evoke the cultural richness of … … 81 … 81 … 9 … 35791 … Poland … … 1937 … Dance … Klezmer musicians … Klezmer music … Theater … Klezmer … Actors … Poland … Drama … …
American Matchmaker - Amerikaner Shadkhn
… Feature. 87 min. B & W Screenplay by S. Castle Music and Lyrics by Sam Morgenstern, William Mercur Starring … re-mastered by NCJF, Berkeley … 9 … 35790 … USA … … 1940 … Music … Yiddish … Yiddish songs … Musicals … Musical revues … Feature … Fuchs, Leo … Ulmer, …
Catskills Honeymoon
… by Josef Berne … 6 … 6 … 9 … 35789 … USA … … 1949 … Music … Yiddish … Yiddish songs … Musicals … Musical revues … Catskills Honeymoon …