… first renowned Israeli pianist to conquer concert stages in Europe and in Asia in the early 1940's, even before the …

… from our understanding of Idelsohn is his connection to the European Jewish fin-de-siecle as he experienced it across … certainly not well understood. Idelsohn’s earlier years in Europe and South Africa prior to his pivotal immigration to … to Johannesburg.” While in Berlin, Idelsohn started to tour Europe and later on the USA (where he arrived on November …

… his recording contract, he decided to embark on a tour of Europe with friend Michalesko and his wife Hymie Jacobson. … Sholom made many important and long lasting contacts in Europe with Yiddish theater stars such as Molly Picon and … Rolland opened a large, state-of-the-art theater on the Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn. The Rolland Theater quickly …

… bazetsn was an important ritual at the traditional East European Jewish wedding. It was usually performed by the …

… and stems from Hassidic circles, especially from Southeastern areas of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and was … from the Sabbath afternoon liturgy, sung to a melody in Eastern European style. The tune represented the sanctity of the …

… Zionist/Israeli Historiography." British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies 23 (2): 125-145. Pratt, Mary Louise. 1991. … Sacred Soundscapes: The “Maqamization” of the Eastern Sephardic Liturgy." in Jews and Muslims in the … Era of Turmoil: Sephardic Liturgical Music in Southeastern Europe at the Turn of the 20th Century." Musica Judaica 21: …

… Aramaic version which, as we have seen, is documented among Eastern European Jews, and the Arabic refrain of the Baghdadi …

… (Apam, Italian, Ashkenazi), Florence (Sephardic), and northeastern Italy (Italian, Sephardi, Ashkenazi). This … of a performance.” His other compositions based on texts by European authors: Quattro liriche sul testo di Schiller, … in particular as a translator. His knowledge of Hebrew and European languages (many still remember him as a teacher of …

… Rabinovitz promised to instruct me in Chazanuth and in European music, and he kept his promise. During that year I … England 1920-22 English version: In 1921 I decided to go to Europe to publish my works. I took my family with me. I … memory. [12] Schneider born in the village of Sidra, north-eastern Poland, in 1860 was cantor of the Brodyer Synagoge …

… was one of the most important rituals of a traditional Eastern European Jewish wedding before the Second World War....The …