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Asher Shimon Mizrahi
Asher Shimon Mizrahi was born in the old city of Jerusalem in 1890 to father Yitzhak…
Society for Jewish Folk Music
Violins, Voice and Jews
In the spring of 1897, on the eve of the Russian Orthodox…
1. Oh Lovely Parrot!
Sarah Cohen, Ruby S. Hallegua. Recorded by Barbara Johnson, Kochi, January 2, 1977…
Idelsohn's Obituary of Abraham Goldfaden
The passing of the founder of the Yiddish theater spawned a touching emotional response…
Andalusian Nuba
… if one would transcribe the scales and melodies in western notation, they would not need to use Eastern microtones …
Brakha Tzefira
… ethnic groups in Palestine. Although she could read musical notation, she could not write it. Hence, she tried to …
Mordekhai Zeira
Life
Mordekhai Zeira was born in Kiev, Russia, in 1905. Although he was born to a…
Had Gadya
Written in Aramaic, Had Gadya appears at the very end of the Passover Haggadah.…
Yaakov Huri
Yaakov Huri: An Iraqi Cantor in the Edith Gerson Kiwi Archive
The recorded collection…
Abraham Zvi Idelsohn
Idelsohn was born in Filsberg, Latvia (former Kurland or Courland) and began his…