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Salamone Rossi as a Composer of "Hebrew" Music
… of Solomon,' marks a milestone in the history of sacred music as the first and, until the nineteenth century, … of religious works by a Jewish composer of art music. They were written for various combinations of three … to a query about the legitimacy of art music in the synagogue, followed by five statements of approbation by …
Songs of Grief and Hope: Ancient Western-Sephardi Melodies of Qinot for the Ninth of Av
… Temple in Jerusalem) constitutes one of the most ancient musical repositories in the Sephardi liturgy. Of particular musical richness are the qinot of the Sephardi communities … are dirges which were added after the Geonic period to the synagogue services of the Ninth of Av. In the Sephardi rite, …
The Training of Hazzanim in Nineteenth-Century Germany
… one generation to the next, from a hazzan skilled in the musical tradition to a young novice eager to learn, still … and the 'adot hamizrah , namely the oral transmission of synagogue chant. However, starting in the 1830s and 1840s, …
The Bergamasca: Some Jewish Links?
… the bergamasca , the popular Renaissance dance, and Jewish synagogue music? The idea had first been suggested by Eduard Birnbaum … … 23139 … Bergamasca … Renaissance … Music … Jewish music … Synagogue music … Renaissance music … The Bergamasca: Some …
Between Tradition and Modernity
… Maier Levi of Esslingen is volume 12 of the JMRC's Yuval Music Series. The new production comprises 179 liturgical … the most extensive and detailed transcription of the synagogue chant of the South German Jews. On this chant … … Chazzanut … Chazzan … Ashkenaz … German Jews … German Synagogue … Ashkenazi … Geoffrey Goldberg … Between …
The Cantorial Fantasia of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
… the outlines of a significant but forgotten chapter in synagogue chant. The aspect of cantorial music here considered forms part of the solo performed by … of improvising traditional tunes. The genuine homophony of synagogue chant was challenged by environmental influences …
Bernardo Feuer
… Feuer was a child. His father worked as the caretaker of a synagogue and the family had four children: Alter, Miriam, … and secondary school in his hometown and was drawn to music from an early age. Feuer learned the basics of music … Feuer formed a liturgical choir in the Dr. Max Nordau synagogue. In 1937, he founded another choir, which he named …
Rabbi Meir Eleazar Atiya
… The Jewish Music Research Centre of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem … the Moroccan Arab and Hebrew traditions of Andalusian music, and by his profound knowledge of the Hebrew language … enormous effort of transmission on a voluntary basis, in synagogues and community centers throughout Israel, …
El Incendio de Saloniki: The Song of the Fire
… of commerce, libraries, schools, as well as over thirty synagogues, including the Chief Rabbinate. 1 Map displaying … with them as they migrated, including literary traditions, musical forms and the Judeo-Spanish language, Ladino. The Jewish musical life that developed in Saloniki consisted of these …
Four Melodies for Four Questions
… the 'Traditional' Israeli Melody for Mah Nishtanah Jewish music research rarely considers the Jewish home as a … Coopersmith, Songs of My People (Chicago: The Anshe Emet synagogue, 1937). In spite of Coopersmith’s notation with a … publication, for he was the cantor at the Reconstructionist synagogue which Eisenstein’s father founded in New York …