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Ethiopian Jews in Israel - a Musical Ethnography
… Jewish-Ethiopian crafts (weaving, pottery, basketry) and music. The neighborhood had grown around an absorption … be fired at the kiln and put up for sale, and a traditional music and dance troupe . Also named Meseret , the troupe … in high-exposure general-public events, such as the Safed Music Festival and the Red Sea Jazz festival. The …
A Gneyve - A Yiddish Song of Theft and Poverty
… begins with the introductory “khapt im, nempt im” line. The music to this opening section is more dense than in the rest … points out the connection between the song's theme and the musicality of the melody. In his view, the altered Dorian … of this song, from 1927, is by Isa Kremer (1887-1956) (musical example 1). A renowned singer, Kremer was born in …
Elio Piattelli
… from the University of Rome in 1931, he pursued his innate musicality studying in Rome with Maestro Cesare Dobici … is a first attempt to locate, catalog and analyze his musical compositions and other of his scholarly interests … (2) composition; (3) public and literary activities; (4) musicological activities. (1) Until the last years of his …
Book review: Hernan Tesler-Mabé, Mahler’s Forgotten Conductor
… in Unger’s history: Unger decided to “devote his life to music making” after hearing Mahler’s Lied von der Erde ; he … concerts whose programs revolved mainly around Mahler’s music to the repeated efforts to perform Mahler in Canada. … to Mahler, according to Tesler-Mabé, is not only a musical and personal issue. Mahler, he argues, deeply …
Woody Guthrie's Hanukkah Songs
… express itself in its particular contemporary literary and musical taste has engendered new songs. These new songs … tyranny in its many forms. His influence on American music is incalculable, as new generations of musicians continue to adapt and be inspired by his work. …
A cantor’s pledge in the High Holyday’s Provençal liturgy (Minhag Carpentras)
… unique texts such as the selection of Psalm verses whose music is discussed below. The memory of the melodies and … remaining leaders of this unique community to preserve in music notation whatever was left from the liturgical … attempted to faithfully convey the oral tradition in music notation without letting their personal biases or …
Yosef Hadar
… Yosef Hadar was born in Tel Aviv in 1926 to a musical family. His mother Yafa and his father Yehiel were … Emanuel Amiran-Pugatchov brought Hadar to the College for Music Educators (Midrasha Lemichanchim Lemusica), which was then run by Prof. Leo Kestenberg and …

Exemplification and the Limits of “Correctness”: The Implicit Methodology of Idelsohn’s "Thesaurus"
… of a great pioneer in the systematic study of Jewish music would constitute a statement about which history has … to state that Idelsohn's work has hardly an equal in musicological and ethnomusicological studies insofar as magnitude, scope and intent …

Beroyges-tants
… 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 … 546] . “ Beroyges-tants. ” Beregovski/Goldin 1987, #222 . ( Musical notation included). “ ‘Tsu a beroyges-tants. ’ This …