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Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music
… work consisting of brief entries on names of composers and performers as well as concepts related to Jewish music and …
The Inextinguishable Symphony: A True Story of Music and Love in Nazi Germany
… Tells the story of the author’s parents, who met as performers in the Jewish Culture Association ('Jdische …
Had Gadya
Written in Aramaic, Had Gadya appears at the very end of the Passover Haggadah.…
Sleep, Sleep
Words by H. Leivick, music composed in 1936 and released in 1939. From a home recording…
A Polka-Mazurka
Words by A. Lutzky, translated from Yiddish by Rachel Corkidhi. Composed in 1937; first…
Autumn
Words by Itzik Manger, translated from Yiddish by Itzik Nakhmen Gottesman. Composed in…
Bendigamos
… to the Spanish-Portuguese community of New York City. Performers: Gideon Y. Zelermyer (hazzan) and Raymond …
El lifne [sic] har Galil (shir hatunah)
Iran (Shiraz)
El lifne [sic] har Galil (shir hatunah). The god appearing in front of…
Lovesh kelil (Shir simhah)/ Ha-yom harat olam
Lovesh kelil (Shir simhah). He who wears the crown (song of joy). Performed by Abraham…
Just harmonizing in their own way': Change and reaction in Judeo-Spanish song.
… assimilated into the repertoire. The cultural profile of performers is crucial for an understanding of the nature of …