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Jewish Professional Musicians in Iraq and Israel, Revisited
… University, an eminent scholar of music in the Islamic world and of the Jewish musical traditions within it. Warkov … case study to investigate. In Baghdad, Jewish musicians had for generations served as the most prominent practitioners … , released in the framework of the Jewish Music Research Centre’s Anthology of Music Traditions in Israel series. In …
Book review: James Kaplan, Irving Berlin: New York Genius
… of Irving Berlin — chattily written, without enthusiasm for challenging any of the myths, giving its hero the … on my own part, asking friends and acquaintances around the world (120 responses) which of Berlin’s melodies they knew … black music tastes) on which all of Berlin’s early works centred. More importantly, however, it summarizes the …
The Edith Gerson-Kiwi Legacy
… Berlin School of Comparative Musicology. Lachmann was also forced to leave Germany in 1936 and settled in Jerusalem. … but also helped to reformulate German musicology after World War II. The latter contribution was mainly made … und Medien Hannover, Germany) and the Jewish Music Research Centre (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel). It was …
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… carefully stored in the shelves of the Lebanese Foundation for Arab Music Archiving and Research (AMAR). Located in the … “renaissance” that characterized the Arab-Ottoman world during the nineteenth and early twentieth century. In … the social theorist Bruno Latour and his colleagues at the Centre de Sociologie de l’Innovation in Paris, ANT is an …
The “Jewish Baroque”: The Allure of a Modern Musical Affair
… community of the Netherlands in the 18th century. Intended for performance on special occasions such as Simhat Torah … Mouton, 1966.) After establishing the Jewish Music Research Centre (JMRC) at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1964, … held at the Hebrew University, on the occasion of the World Congress of Jewish Music on August 3, 1978, which …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… to Niggun ‘Akedah. It will assess their thematic content, formal aspects, as well as their cultural contexts and … nineteenth century, and remained popular until the Second World War (Schleifer 1996). Yet it appears that some … Maier Levi of Esslingen . Jerusalem: Jewish Music Research Centre, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Goldin, Simha. …
The Archives of the World Centre for Jewish Music in Palestine, 1936-1940, at the Jewish National and University Library, Jerusalem
… approach to the musics of Israel. These two individual efforts included attempts to create in Jerusalem institutional … brought to existence in 1964 the Jewish Music Research Centre at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The purpose of … to organize pre-statehood musicological endeavours: the 'World Centre for Jewish Music in Palestine' (WCJMP). …
Judeo-Spanish Songs for the Life Cycle in the Eastern Mediterranean
… of the most prominent scholars of the folksong in Ladino worldwide. These CDs summarize the ethnographic work of … Sound Archives of the Israel National Library that span for over four decades. Eighty-seven songs are included in … and José Manuel Pedrosa. Jerusalén: Jewish Music Research Centre, Hebrew University of Jerusalén. Kaufmann, Nikolay | …
The World Centre for Jewish Music in Palestine, 1936–1940: Jewish Musical Life on the Eve of World War II
… survey of the history and personalities of an ambitions pre-World War II attempt to create an institution that will … the book includes useful indices. … 1 … 34153 … Oxford, New York … Oxford University Press … … 1992 … … … Europe … Pre-Holocaust … Philip Vilas Bohlman … The World Centre for Jewish Music in Palestine, 1936–1940: Jewish …
Chants Pour un Shabbat
… Film about Andalusian Jewish music featuring some of the worlds most prominent Moroccan H azzanim. In this film, Rabbi Haim Louk (information on his album that he released with Jewish Music Research Centre can be found here ) and cantors Malkiel Benamara, …