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Tish-nigunim Ascribed to Yosl Tolner and the Aesthetics of the Genre
… study aims to trace the unique characteristics of a type of music unparalleled in the central-eastern European … those areas of Ukraine (then part of Poland and later the Russian Empire). By the nineteenth century, it had become a … Twersky (1808–1882) of Talne (Yiddish spelling: Tolne; in Russian: Talnoye); hence his nickname “Tolner.” While the …
Sarah Gorby
… was a renowned Jewish singer known for performing Yiddish, Russian, and French folk songs. Her birth name was Sofia … culturally rich environment, significantly influencing her musical career. Gorby showed an early interest in music and … displaced Jews. Her post-war recordings expanded to include Russian and French folk songs, showcasing her linguistic …
Pinchas Borenstein
… which was then part of the Kingdom of Poland under the Russian Empire (now Poland). He grew up in a religious … From a young age, Borenstein demonstrated a passion for music. As a child, he sang in a synagogue choir in Warsaw. … held for 30 years. He played a pivotal role in the Jewish musical community in South America, serving as the organizer …
Idelsohn’s trilingual autobiography and Yiska Idelsohn’s oral memoire
… appeared in 1935. The English one was published in Jewish Music Journal 2, no. 2 (1935): 8-11. The Hebrew one appeared … in a town called Felixburg which was renamed Kurland by the Russians. [2] Yiska's dad's dad was Azriel Idelsohn. He was born in Felixburg, Libau on the Latvia-Prussian border. He was a Chasid and a Ba'al Tefilah, one who …
A Recovered Voice from the Past
… in the Jewish past. A case in point is the scholar and musician Avraham Zvi Idelsohn, the founding father of modern Jewish musical research. Idelsohn’s life traversed several … with her father: “Shoshana’s love for dancing the horah and Russian kozatskas [read: kozachoks ] always remained with …
Kol Nidrei (Gebet am Jom Kipur) – Kol Nidrei (Yom Kippur Prayer)
… approach that challenged established categories in Jewish music research. This concept was already introduced in the … regarding the proper foundations of modern Jewish art music – the Eastern-European domestic folklore versus … the sacred. [2] Younger than both Engel and Saminsky and a Russian-Jew immersed in the Central-European cultural hub, …
Raza Deshabbat
… of Welcoming the Sabbath). This rendition was composed by Russian/American cantor Pierre Pinchik (1895-1971). … Or … … Ashkenazi liturgy … Chazzanut … Contemporary Israeli Music … Contemporary Liturgy … Piano accompaniment … …
Idelsohn's Obituary of Abraham Goldfaden
… of modern Jewish identity. The internal politics of the Russian Empire towards its Jewish population shuttered down … his own Gesamtkunstwerk, ‘Yiftah’, as ‘hizzayon negini’ (musical play). Modern Hebrew writers embraced the biblical … Idelsohn is referring to the ban on Yiddish theatre in the Russian Empire issued by Tsar Alexander III on August 17, …
Songs of Palestinian Jews from the Collection of Isaac Lurie (1913)
… the earliest surviving specimens of Middle Eastern Jewish musical traditions. By nature of the technological … J. Zipperstein, and S An-Ski. The Worlds of S. An-Sky: A Russian Jewish Intellectual at the Turn of the Century. … city we also count our colleague Mr. Lurie, agent of the Russian-Jewish daily Evreiskaia Starina (Jewish Antiquity) …
Beregovski Collection - Nign no. 3
… of its contents in the wider context of Hasidic music research is a desideratum. The present essay, focusing … accompanied by Beregovski’s own comments to the nign in Russian was published as a digital file in M. Beregovski, … that can accompany dancing, as a slow piece among the Belorussian dynasties of Chabad and Slonim, and also as a …