Contemporary American Jewish Music Chair: Ruth HaCohen Joel E. Rubin, Department of…

…   “These two khusidlekh [Hasidic-style dance tunes, singular khusid ] were cornerstones of Leon’s old-time, … p. 164 .  “ The Mitzvah or Kosher-tanz : A mixed dance, using the handkerchief, the bride dancing with her guests and … calls this tune bulgar and plays it in both rhythms.” Schlesinger, Alpert and Rubin 1989 . (Recording references …

… couleur locale , he worked extensively with the folklore singer Bracha Zephira between 1939 and 1947; his last …

… especially in the modern period, when new forms of expressing Jewishness through music challenged the normative status of traditions of old. Browsing through my private collection of Jewish songsters in … on this Yiddish song for Passover beyond Levin’s text, stressing its diverse interpretations and its reception both in …

… a research grant from the Academy of Science in Vienna, along with a phonograph to use in his field work.  In 1914, … cantors had less voice than he, but much sweeter, and their singing was with more Jewish feeling. From my father I … in his choir.  He taught me a lot of things, such as sigh singing, theory, voice-training and the beginning of …

… she worked as a teacher and kindergarten instructor, using music and dance to educate children and pass on Yemeni …

… with the word Lahan (melody), and give the instruction: 'Sing this piyyut according to the melody of …' The title or … of Najara's musical instructions was blurred in the passing of time, and was finally forgotten. With the rapid … songs all across the Mediterranean Jewish world, the local singers, unable to figure out what was the melody that …

… Jewish Community center in Berlin, Nardi met the Yemenite singer Brakha Tzefira , who studied in Berlin at that time. … he gave them a new interpretation, while all the while composing new melodies in the same spirit. The melodies of songs … thereafter he turned to tutoring and accompanying other singers, most of them of Yemenite origin. Gradually he …

… of Haim Effendi of Turkey . Catering to the increasing scholarly and general public interest in the role … only artist recorded.  For this reason, locating and releasing the rich repository of Judeo-Spanish recordings at the … Israel's leading vocalists in the Judeo-Spanish tradition, along with an ensemble featuring some of Jerusalem's top …