(135 results found)
Book Review: Charles B. Hersch, Jews and Jazz Improvising Ethnicity
… most notably from George Gershwin. In those very early years, composers wrote “ethnic” songs for ethnic stage …
Eastern Mediterranean Judeo-Spanish Songs
… and the accompanying booklet, a scholarly effort of many years, as a free PDF download. In the future Eastern … on this material, Hidden Voices—Ladino Songs from over 100 years ago, was produced as part of the Jerusaem Oud Festival … for viewing below. Hidden Voices—Ladino Songs from over 100 years ago Sunday, November 22, 2020, 7 p.m. Hadass …

Judeo-Spanish Traditions in Transition
… and recite prayers in Portuguese without melodies. Over ten years later, the situation of these Judeus, as they call …
The Edith Gerson-Kiwi Legacy
… alike. The letters, which cover a period of almost seventy years, encompass a variety of topics that she discussed with …
Idelsohn’s trilingual autobiography and Yiska Idelsohn’s oral memoire
… himself to Kabbala and died at the age of 34 after several years of self-mortification and midnight prayers. My father, … within me the genuine Jewish piety. At the age of 12 years, I was sent to Lithuanian jeshivas, where I remained five years. During that period I acquired a knowledge of Jewish …
Woody Guthrie's Hanukkah Songs
… tonic, sub-dominant, and dominant of the scale. In recent years Guthrie's Hanukkah songs have received wider …

Doyne (LKT)
… pp. 21-22 . ( Recording references included). “In his early years performing [this doyne ] for Brooklyn landsmanshaftn , … When I did the jobs for Dave [Tarras] about ten or eleven years ago, he used to walk right up on the little floor -- …