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An Old Faith in the New World: a Portrait of Shearith Israel, 1654-1954
Chapter on the liturgical music of the Spanish-Portuguese community of New York City, pp…
Two Treatises on the Accentuation of the Old Testament (2 vols. in 1)
repr. of A treatise on the Accentuation...1881
One Day the Heart Opens
… instruments of their community - santour, persian dulcimer, oud, Arabic lute, darbukka, sorna. Continuation of 'Toward …
Mazltov (LKT)
… in the same tone, accomapnied by floods of tears and the loud sobbing of the women, especially the bride.” [late … ‘mazol-tov-dance’ or ‘kosher dance.’ The badchon calls aloud the name of each woman present, who then embraces the … , a sad melody, and the badkhn used to moralize out loud... Thereafter the badkhn would call the groom with the …
"Betzet ḥatan be'et qiddush" (When the groom goes out at the time of qiddush)
Wedding zaffa in the form of a girdle poem with two stanzas and two complementary verses…
4. Las Tablas de la Ley (The Tablets of the Law)
This is a song or copla belonging to the cycle of Moses, catalogued by Elena Romero…
Anim Zemirot
The Piyyut 'Anim Zemirot,' also known as 'Shir HaKavod' (Song of Glory), appears in the…
Shir HaKavod
The Piyyut 'Anim Zemirot,' also known as 'Shir HaKavod' (Song of Glory), usually appears…
Abraham Zvi Idelsohn
Idelsohn was born in Filsberg, Latvia (former Kurland or Courland) and began his…