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Revisiting a Forgotten Treasure in Philadelphia
… is very well known among scholars and collectors of Jewish music for its rich musical resources. The most substantial and valuable … Cantor) of this synagogue during the two decades preceding World War II. He rescued the volumes a few days after …
James Levy
… The musical lore of James Levy's family has deep roots in … Presence in Latin America ). He also composed liturgical music. Following his father's death, Samuel moved to … for aviation to work as a bookkeeper. He got married during World War II and the family moved to Canada in 1957. During …
Mapping of German Liturgical Music
… The Jewish Music Research Centre is proud to present a map of all known and available printed sources of liturgical music form the German-speaking Jewish world. This map derives from the online data base available …
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 … only the first volume could be printed, for soon the world-war broke out and all cultural activities had to stop. … would often forego a meal for these. Military service in World War I English version: I was enlisted in the Turkish …
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 … and many famous rabbis. [15] Quite suddenly, the First World War broke out. At this time [1914], we were living in … over. The Hilfsverein employed Idelsohn until the break of World War I. [2] Eliyahu Idelsohn was born in South Africa …
Kol beru’e ma’ala umata
… of the Portuguese Jewish community of Amsterdam before World War II. According to Rev. Lopes Cardozo, it was Zwi … in the Italian tradition of Padua (see: Italian Jewish Musical Traditions from the Leo Levi Collection , AMTI 0201, …
Piris Eliyahu
… during which he conducted ethnographic research on the musical traditions of the Mountain Jews situated in the … and taught in the Centre for Middle Eastern Classical Music in Musrara neighborhood, Jerusalem. In 2007 he … created the Ethnic Music Orchestra, under the department of World Music. In addition to teaching, Eliyahu is a composer …
Bǝ'ǝnti'ahomu feṭǝrā
… A clear link is established between Ber’hān Sarāqa , the world’s creation and the Forefathers. The qualities of the … to rabbinical Judaism. … The Liturgy of Beta Israel: Music of the Ethiopian Jewish Prayer … Rosh HaShanah … … Liturgical Traditions … Aliyah … Ethiopia … Jewish musical traditions … Rosh Hashanah … Ethiopian Jews … …
Mark Slobin
… Mark Slobin is the Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music Emeritus at Wesleyan University and the author or … on Afghanistan and Central Asia, eastern European Jewish music, film music, American music, and ethnomusicology … Taylor Award: " Fiddler on the Move: Exploring the Klezmer World " and " Tenement Songs: Popular Music of the Jewish …
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 … My considerations, examinations and investigations and my world-view crystalized to a holistic outlook of my Jewish …