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33. In the Ship
… song, praised by Zacharia for its “enthusiasm and musicality,” was performed at parties during the week after … The theme of a pleasure trip by boat is grounded in the culture and coastal geography of Kerala. Although there is …
Rabbi David Buzaglo
… is an opportunity to revive his biography in our website. A musical and rabbinical prodigy since his early days, Rabbi … and early 1940s, Buzaglo capitalized on his exceptional musical abilities and focused less on the rabbinate, in … in the circles promoting modern Hebrew language and culture in Casablanca. For example, the repertoire of the …
A Flowering Debate: A Judeo-Spanish Song (not just) for Tu BiShvat
… emerged therefore from a rich multicultural poetic and musical background that can be traced back to the medieval … Mahur in its header (see Figure 2 above ). Evidence of this musical tradition of El debate de las flores is scant. A … Institute of Jewish Music and the Ministry of Education and Culture. Weich-Shahak, Susana. 2012. “Debates coplísticos …
Tish-nigunim Ascribed to Yosl Tolner and the Aesthetics of the Genre
… experiences, it was widely appreciated for its beauty, musical features, and spiritual power, emerging from … and rhythmic qualities. These two functions—the extramusical as the primary and the aesthetic as the … and Russian elites, as well as from Ukrainian peasant culture. A close examination of these reference points …
Jewish Professional Musicians in Iraq and Israel Audio Examples
… in Iraq and Israel: Instrumental Improvisation and Culture Change .” These CDs are intended to be used alongside the dissertation to demonstrate a variety of musical styles and to bring the musical analysis to life. The contents are drawn from …
Yossef (Yusuf) Zaarur
… Childhood and early musical career Yossef (Yusuf) Zaarur (يوسف زعرور) was born … and had become passionate about music, he tried to build a musical instrument similar to the qanun by himself. This … vital role Jews played in shaping the modern Iraqi musical culture. Not surprisingly, al-Ghazali married the great …
Haim Louk
… charismatic teacher who greatly influenced Louk's musical path. At the age of 10, Louk met Rabbi David Buzaglo … of a school, a position he held for 22 years. Louk's musical career, which began in Morocco, further developed … Israeli musicians. In 2011, he was awarded the Ministry of Culture's Prize for Music in recognition of his …
Mapping of German Liturgical Music
… out in the framework of the project "German-Jewish Sacred Musical Intersections" funded by the German-Israeli …
Idelsohn’s trilingual autobiography and Yiska Idelsohn’s oral memoire
… sounded beautiful to me, loved singing and had a very good musical memory, excellent for remembering melodies that he … variant. Although, Libau was a modern city with German culture, my father picked for me a Lithuanian teacher in a … left Libau in the spring of 1901 for Berlin to continue my musical education. Hebrew version: He kept his promise and …
A Recovered Voice from the Past
… far beyond this constricting narrative to recover Jewish culture, economics, politics, and society. Yet something of … Avraham Zvi Idelsohn, the founding father of modern Jewish musical research. Idelsohn’s life traversed several … artifacts that still define in many ways the Jewish musical imagination in both its scholarly and popular forms. …