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Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
… of folk song ethnography in Eastern Europe, and of the cultural life of Jews in Latvia, with emphasis on their … not know the Latvian language. [2] I thank the Mark Lavry Heritage Society for that information. [3] While Karnes’s …
The Edith Gerson-Kiwi Legacy
… she was also active in the promotion of multi-cultural music programs within the educational system of … second half of the 19 th century, music was examined cross-culturally using a variety of experimental methods drawing … in Israel, provide new insights into German-Jewish heritage in the Israeli and international academic culture, …
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… of historical records from the Nahda time, the period of cultural and intellectual “renaissance” that characterized … song’s historical roots (in Aleppo) but its contemporary cultural and socio-political interpretation. Put … rather remarkable evidence of a shared Arab-Jewish musical heritage, with the goal of reactivating and exploring its …
Moshe Attias
… Mwijo up until his passing challenges narratives of forced cultural erasure by an aggressive Ashkenazi-dominated … made a revolution and thanks to it we have returned to our heritage,” and in the refrain Mwijo promises no less that … women was but one topic related to this charged ethnic and cultural encounter from the 1990s, generated diverse and …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… , and notwithstanding recent publications of intricate cultural-historical scholarship concerning the Binding of … their thematic content, formal aspects, as well as their cultural contexts and functions. Special attention will be … preserver of the Alsatian Jewish community’s chanting heritage ( minhag Elsass ) sings the one recording at the …
Sounds from under the Ashes: The Music of Cults and Mysteries in the Ancient Vesuvian Land
… Mount Vesuvius (Fig. 1) still regarded the Greek heritage as their own. It was in fact on the island of … Sea in quest for new lands to settle, bringing with them a cultural heritage that included a pantheon and music. The … Vesuvius … Ancient music … Ancient Musical Practices … Cultural heritage … Mediterranean culture … Sounds from …
«A Special Kind of Antisemitism»: On Russian Nationalism and Jewish Music
… phenomenon, elevating it from a sociological pattern to a cultural myth. For the various contemporary explanations for … blossomed in Russia because Jews received a safe space or cultural haven at the St. Petersburg Conservatory and the … Russian composer was to embrace his own Jewish ethnic heritage. But this casual cultural antisemitism was not the …
Musiques liturgiques juives: parcours et escales
… role of the hazzan (cantor), and the influence of various cultural contexts on musical styles. 2. Thematic … Marrano communities of southwestern France The musical heritage of the Jews of Djerba The distinctive liturgy of … Jewish liturgical music has adapted and thrived in various cultural landscapes. Although uneven in its content and not …
Yiddish Folksong (The Music of the Yiddish Folksong)
… liturgy. The openness of Yiddish folksongs to different cultural strata, makes it possible to speculate in regards … songs that are well known today usually represent the heritage of these writers, and so, songs such as Goldfaden's …
Hayrana Laih
… A twenty-first century awakening in the interest on the cultural heritage of Jews from the Arab world in Israel and elsewhere …