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Dos Fartribene Taybele (The Exiled Dove)
… A Centennial Tribute,' prepared by Eva Heinstein with help from the JMRC staff. To view the exhibit in its entirety … in New York, ca. April 1920. Dos Fartribene Taybele is from Godlfaden's play Ben Ami, with music arranged by Louis …
Prayer for the state
… the God of Israel, says to all those I carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon... Also, seek the peace and … hand, the second section heavily relies on the Bible. From a literary standpoint, the first part is more lyrical …
Purim, Purim, Purim lanu
… had in mind this Ladino genre which he certainly knew from Saloniki. Several melodies were adapted to “Purim, … most distinguished Bukharian Jewish cantor Ezra Malakov from Queens (New York), is one of the better-known today. It …
Hava Nagila
… entry is part of an online exhibit entitled: 'Hava Nagila: From Idelsohn to Belafonte & Beyond,' prepared by Eva Heinstein with help from the JMRC staff. To view the exhibit in its entirety …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… Italy, Roman Tradition, recorded in 1959 … Hungary, Pressburg … branch in Italy had disengaged itself even before 1724 from the transalpine tradition and had embraced the music … and embellished ductus, became completely dissociated from the old-fashioned pentatonics with their reminiscences …
Adon Olam
… of musical settings for this hymn, including melodies from Jewish and secular sources. In some communities Adon …
Akdamut millin
… to the Aramaic translation of the section read from the book of Exodus. This poem consists of ninety …
Akedah
… An angel of God holds Abraham’s hand, preventing him from completing the act, and replaces Isaac with a ram for …
Cleaving tune (Niggun Dvekut)
… in all communities. Several alternatives exist. Hassidim from Toldot Aharon and other communities use the Hebrew term … 'niggun rigshi' ('an emotional tune'). Other Hassidim from Jerusalem employ the Yiddish terms 'beyt nign' ('a begging tune'), 'harts nign' ('a tune from the heart') and moralishe niggunim. The last term is …
Tin Pan Alley
… and sheet-music publishing industry centred in New York from the 1890s to the 1950s. By association it came to be … Barry and Ellie Greenwich at Trio Music. Definition taken from: H. Wiley Hitchcockr, 'Tin Pan Alley' , Grove Music …