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Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… are expressed in Friedman’s composition. The following musical analysis of “Shema’ Koleinu” is based on the score … melody walks down to the dominant. The first half of the musical section concludes on the second scale degree on a … below the Creator who is imagined as being “above.” This “musical cry”—an octave leap at the opening of a …
The “Jewish Baroque”: The Allure of a Modern Musical Affair
… modestly titled “Unsere erste Musikbeilage” (“Our first musical supplement”) in Israelitischer Lehrer und Kantor , … can be reduced to a common source, Birnbaum proposed that musical diversity is the natural state of Jewish culture. … unique (from the Jewish perspective of the period) Western musical taste of the small but affluent Sephardic community …
Richard Newman
… Army and Fought in Europe. After the war, he directed the musical education program for the allied forces in the … of numerous articles and books on Jewish music and Jewish musical education, like the book: Alma Rose: Wien 1906 - …
Plurivocality in the Liturgical Music of the Jews of San‘a (Yemen)
… characteristics. These characteristics are found in the musical existence of certain specific musical elements common to all the Yemenite Jews. The search … - to deepen our understanding of the traditional musical styles of the Yemenite Jews. Plurivocality, the …
Abraham Eilam-Amzallag
… and musicology at universities in Israel. Amzallag-Eilam's musical style combine Eastern Melos with Western … the Israeli Andalusian Orchestra and served as its musical director and chief conductor for nine years from its …
Sigmund Schlesinger
… in Uhlen, Württemberg (later Germany), and received his musical education at a Munich conservatory. He came to the … death. Schlesinger recognized the need of an appropriate musical setting for Jewish congregational services and composed complete musical services according to the Union prayer book. These …
Taqsim: Instrumental Improvisation in Near Eastern Traditions
… Eastern style that owes its existence largely to Egyptian musical trends and the Arabic mass media. The cassette is …
Samuel Naumbourg
… professional hazzanim in his family. He received his formal musical education in Munich where he was recruited to sing … a genre that was a pervasive force in the cultural and musical milieu of nineteenth century France. In 1874, …
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… seaboard. With me, I carry a treasure, a piece of lost musical history, or so I believe. Saved on my mobile phone … world during the nineteenth and early twentieth century. In musical terms, the Nahda is associated with the emergence of … who travelled to Egypt and brought with them local musical styles and repertoires (e.g. the muwashshaḥat ) that would …