Ashkenazi Liturgy Studies

Source documents and recordings related to diverse aspects of Western and Eastern Ashkenazi liturgies.

Resources

Articles: 

German Jewish Sacred Musical Intersections

Revisiting a Forgotten Treasure in Philadelphia: Rediscovery of the Music of the Haupt-Synagogue of Mannheim at the Library of Gratz College

Publications:

Yuval: Volume II, 1971: The Concept of Mode in European Synagogue Chant/ Hanoch Avenary

Yuval: Volume X, 2016: Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis/ Yonatan Malin

Yuval: Volume XI, 2020: Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac/ Oren Roman and Eliyahu Schleifer

Between Tradition and Modernity: The High Holy Days Melodies of Minhag Ashkenaz/ Geoffrey Goldberg

Playlists and recordings:

Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac

Song of the Month Archive:

Shofet Kol Ha'aretz (Ashkenazi melodies)

The Fall of Jerusalem in Song: The Ashkenazi Melody She’eh ne’esar 

Shir hama’alot - The umbilical cord between liturgical and domestic soundspheres in Ashkenazi culture

Atah Ehad