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James Levy

… The musical lore of James Levy's family has deep roots in … Presence in Latin America ). He also composed liturgical music. Following his father's death, Samuel moved to … attachment between James and his father led him to admire music, and to study violin. When James reached twenty years …

Mapping of German Liturgical Music

… The Jewish Music Research Centre is proud to present a map of all known and available printed sources of liturgical music form the German-speaking Jewish world. This map … the online data base available in the website of the Jewish Music Research Centre. The project was carried out in the …

Idelsohn’s trilingual autobiography and Yiska Idelsohn’s oral memoire

… appeared in 1935. The English one was published in Jewish Music Journal 2, no. 2 (1935): 8-11. The Hebrew one appeared … Rabinovitz and he took upon himself to teach me the music theory and voice training. Yiska’s memoire: [3a] He … sounded beautiful to me, loved singing and had a very good musical memory, excellent for remembering melodies that he …

A Recovered Voice from the Past

… in the Jewish past. A case in point is the scholar and musician Avraham Zvi Idelsohn, the founding father of modern Jewish musical research. Idelsohn’s life traversed several … of Jewish scholarship, and the creation of modern Jewish music as a whole. He left behind a legacy of iconic books …