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A.Z. Idelsohn: A Pioneer in Jewish Ethnomusicology
… of the twentieth century, the study and research of Jewish music was motivated by the belief that the music of biblical times survived in the living traditions of … Orient with its many Afro-Asiatic communities and ethnic groups. … 9480 … Abraham Zvi Idelsohn … Idelsohn A.Z. … …
A.Z. Idelsohn and the Study of the Traditional Pronunciations of Hebrew (Hebrew)
… well-known for his pioneering work in the field of Hebrew musicology, primarily for his recording and research of the music of the various Jewish ethnic groups, presented to the scholarly world in his monumental …
The Karaite Jews of Israel Reconstruct their Heritage
… the methodological concepts of 'emics' and 'etics' in ethnomusicology Marcia Herndon (1993: 67) has observed that 'it … in the theoretical implications of case studies of the role music plays in displaced societies (Reyes-Schramm 1986; … the deliberate purpose of observing and recording their groups' practices in order to preserve their endangered …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… remembered for his contributions to the liturgical music of American Reform Judaism and his work on Biblical … most important early collectors and arrangers of Zionist music in America. In 1916, at the age of 21, Binder founded … be found in other folk song' (1932: XXIX). Furthermore, he groups this melody with a number of songs that are 'fused of …
Qad Zawajunī - Here I Was Wed
… men's songs (including liturgical and para-liturgical music). The repertoire also deals with themes that reflect … life, as well as material and corporeal subjects. [1] The music in these songs reflects the feelings and state of the … include quarter notes, pairs of eighth notes and pairs or groups of four sixteenth notes. The text-music relation in …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… legislative design. Because of the “folk” origins of its music and the re-writing of Naftali Herz Imber’s poem … circumstances in which Imber’s poem was shaped and the musical contrafactum (adaption of a preexisting melody to a … and its splintering into discrete and often irreconcilable groups whose last moment of global solidarity was marked by …
The Jerusalem-Sephardic Tradition
… th centuries and developed under Turkish-Ottoman and Arabic musical influences. Contents The tradition of … This singing is part of the liturgical and para-liturgical musical tradition of communities that descended from Jews … only on Shabbat. The practice of singing the baqqashot in groups seems to have originated in Sefad among the students …
Sirba
… and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations from … refers to the term in question. It also indicates whether musical notation or sound recordings are included in the … Moldavian bulgareasca is a sub-species of sirba; Stoinav groups his bulgareascas with the sirba (1972)...” Feldman …
Sher
… and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations from … refers to the term in question. It also indicates whether musical notation or sound recordings are included in the … performed with partners.” EncyJud 1971, p. 1266 . “Two groups developed dance forms of their own--the Hasidim and …
«A Special Kind of Antisemitism»: On Russian Nationalism and Jewish Music
… anniversary of the founding of the Society for Jewish Folk Music, the composer Solomon Rosowsky published a short … university-level students in the late Russian Empire was a musician at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. [3] While the … world strenuously denied Jews entry, Russia’s greatest musical academy welcomed them with open arms. Picture 1: …