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Idelsohn's Obituary of Abraham Goldfaden
… and the fragrance of the fields and the vineyards, and the songs of the real shepherd who longs for his beloved [not …
Idelsohn’s trilingual autobiography and Yiska Idelsohn’s oral memoire
… the synagogal modes and “Zemiroth” as well as Jewish Folk-Songs. At home I received an orthodox education and … teacher in a Lithuanian-type cheder despite my mother’s protesting who wanted to send me to a German school so that … There I remained for a half year, despite my father’s protest that I shall become a “Chor-chazan.' His uncle never …
Ethiopian Jews in Israel - a Musical Ethnography
… 4). Chapter 6 provides detailed musical analysis of several songs: a solo voice and masinqo performance, a solo voice … University Press. Herman, Marilyn, 2012, Gondar’s Child: Songs, Honor, and Identity among Ethiopian Jews in Israel . …

Shlomo ben Shimshon (Weintraub) Kashtan
… _____. 2010. “Music That Escaped: Transcriptions of Two Songs of Praise From a Surviving, but Still Hidden, …
Book Review: Charles B. Hersch, Jews and Jazz Improvising Ethnicity
… chapter about the African-American appropriation of Jewish songs and themes, as though Smith had not been a Jew. If not … In those very early years, composers wrote “ethnic” songs for ethnic stage characters to perform, including …

Marsh (LKT)
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…
The “Jewish Baroque”: The Allure of a Modern Musical Affair
On March 15, 1899, the distinguished scholar, cantor, composer and avid manuscript…

Freylekhs (LKT)
… accompanied by singing... The possibility that such songs (e.g., frejlaxs ) were sung in other Ukrainian … celebration when [one was] angry... perhaps... freylekhs -songs are the product of dance improvisation...” Levinson …