… Life Mordekhai Zeira was born in Kiev, Russia, in 1905. Although he was born to a musical family, … was 'full of Jews who could sing a Hassidic Niggun and sing Russian Zionist songs,' [1] as explained by Zeira when asked … fact his songs were based on three elements: 1. Melodies of Russian revolutionary songs; 2. Russian romances that he …

… continue studying music theory. After that, he returned to Russia and served as a cantor in the cities of Berdichev, …

… 1929 … Jewish … Music … Song … Art Music … Art … Society … Russia … Society for Jewish Folk Music … Song of songs … …

… brother-in-law, who came to visit us, but had to stop in Prussia, because he had no legal right to enter Russia, we journeyed there to see him.  While in Memel (then Prussia), the idea came to me to go to Koenigsberh, to Edward …

… volume contains Jewish folk songs in the Hebrew, Yiddish, Russian and Ukranian languages. Each song is printed with …

Nashid by Yehosef, signed Yehosef Haqatan. An exhortation to read the Bible, the Mishnah…

… Odessa Conservatory of Music and served in army band of the Russian czar, moving to New York in 1905. He first worked on …

… the areas that comprise today Lithuania, Belarus, Western Russia, Ukraine and Poland and is now widely practiced in … of the mode. This may be understood as an instance of what Russian theorists call “mutability” ( ‘peremennost’ ); see …       Bakulina, Ellen. 2014. “The Concept of Mutability in Russian Theory.”  Music Theory Online  20, no. 3.           …

… (Polish: Chernikhov) in the Chernigov Governorate of the Russian Empire, today Chernihiv in Ukraine and died in New … of 25. During World War I, Hershman was drafted into the Russian Army, but it is said that his officer was so … of these events, see below). After the war, Hershman toured Russia and Europe, performing at synagogues and as a soloist …

… unknown, not only to Jerusalem Jews, but also to Jews in Russia and Romania, and to all the children of the diaspora … of modern Jewish identity. The internal politics of the Russian Empire towards its Jewish population shuttered down …  Idelsohn is referring to the ban on Yiddish theatre in the Russian Empire issued by Tsar Alexander III on August 17, …