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Idelsohn's Obituary of Abraham Goldfaden
… his own Gesamtkunstwerk, ‘Yiftah’, as ‘hizzayon negini’ (musical play). Modern Hebrew writers embraced the biblical … on his mastery of his specific heritage, will deliver a powerful performance of the “real” song of Israel that … plays, plural of ‘hizzayon’] of Israel’s history, with musical accompaniment (i.e., ‘hizzayon negini’), ‘that will …
Ethiopian Jews in Israel - a Musical Ethnography
… Jewish-Ethiopian crafts (weaving, pottery, basketry) and music. The neighborhood had grown around an absorption … “conversions” from the immigrants and, importantly, it disempowered the spiritual leadership of the community (the … a key to the semantic “gold” and to negotiating life and power structures in society. In the Israeli context, wax and …
Book Review: Joel E. Rubin, New York Klezmer in the Early Twentieth Century
… Rubin, New York Klezmer in the Early Twentieth Century: The Music of Naftule Brandwein and Dave Tarras . Syracuse: … trilogy of sorts, alongside Hankus Netsky’s Klezmer: Music and Community in Twentieth Century Jewish Philadelphia … mix, and the discussion might have begun to lose focus and power. But that’s not the point: Rubin’s analysis, including …
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 … stored in the shelves of the Lebanese Foundation for Arab Music Archiving and Research (AMAR). Located in the little … Drum in the Middle East: Women, Musical Instruments and Power.” Ethnomusicology 43/1: 101-134. Feld, Steven. 2015. …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… century and relied instead on oral transmission of their musical traditions. [15] The only implicit written records … Such remarks provide little information concerning the music itself, yet they offer valuable insights for the … until the present day. Finally, we see that even the power of religion is limited. The wane and near …
Heinrich Schalit and Paul Ben-Haim in Munich
… The Nazi rise to power in Germany at the beginning of 1933 brought to an … abrupt halt an important development in the field of Jewish music in Munich, especially with regard to the cooperation … between Heinrich Schalit and Paul Ben-Haim. A study of musical developments in the Munich Jewish community of the …
The Magical and Theurgic Interpretation of Music in Jewish Sources from the Renaissance to Hassidism (Hebrew)
… long series of Jewish texts containing a new evaluation of music as a means of power. This attitude emerges among Italian Jewish authors … … Music history … Kabbalah … Jewish texts … Music theory … Power of Music … Renaissance … Hassidim … Theurgic … …
Soothing Lyres and epôidai: Music Therapy and the Cases of Orpheus, Empedocles and David
… The psychagogic efficacy of music, namely its power to act on the soul in such a way as … in ancient Greek thought on a likeness between soul and musical harmony. This idea involves also a “harmonious” …
Ancient Music in the Modern Classroom
… The French musicologist Jacques Chailley devoted his professional career to the revival of medieval music and ancient theater and to the study of Greek music. … he originally penned in French in 1961 stands out for its powerful and sweeping title: 40,000 Years of Music . Yet, …
Rabbi Meir Eleazar Atiya
… The Jewish Music Research Centre of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem … the Moroccan Arab and Hebrew traditions of Andalusian music, and by his profound knowledge of the Hebrew language … of sharing knowledge and resources, and challenging the power relationships that once characterized the gap between …