The Traditional Service for Friday Evening
Composer
The Friday evening service, arranged for Cantor (baritone or tenor), mixed voices (SATB), and organ.
Material Type:
Scores
Year:
1964
Shabbat Menucha
Vagabond Stars: a world history of Yiddish theater
Author
This book provides an illustrated world history of the Yiddish theatre covering five continents and more than 300 years
Material Type:
Books
Year:
1996
The Multiple Voices of American Klezmer
Author
Since the 1970s, klezmer has undergone a revival and radical transformation. Originally a European Jewish music, klezmer is now a staple of the world music scene. Although the fusion of instrumental and vocal genres under a single musical umbrella is a significant marker of change between the Old World and revived klezmer repertories, the extension of the boundaries of the klezmer repertory to encompass vocal material has largely been overlooked by practitioners and scholars.
Material Type:
Articles in Journals
Year:
2007
Klezmer on Fish Street (JIMF)
Documentary.
Material Type:
Films
Year:
2003
Day of Atonement, Eve of Atonement
Composer
Collection of original compositions and arrangements for the Yom Kippur Service.
Material Type:
Books
Year:
1913
New Year Evening and Morning
Composer
Collection of original compositions and arrangements for the Rosh Hashanah Service.
Material Type:
Books
Year:
1910
Sabbath Evening
Composer
Collection of original compositions and arrangements for the Shabbat Evening Service.
Material Type:
Books
Year:
1911
Sabbath Morning
Composer
Collection of original compositions and arrangements for the Shabbat Morning Service.
Material Type:
Books
Year:
1909
Billy the Kid
- A Polka Mazurka
- Niggun of the Meggid of Mezerich From the album, "The Hasidic Niggun as Sung by the Hasidim." This dance niggun is the seventh and last in a series of niggunim sung by Bratslav Hasidim as they dance after the Shabbat evening service on Friday night. Some have attributed the niggun to R. Dov Ber, the meggid of Mezerich.
- Kol B'ru'ei (Padua, Italy) From the album, "Italian Jewish Musical Traditions from the Leo Levi Collection (1954-1961)." The poem depicts "all creatures" singing and praising the unity of God, and was recited in the Italian rite during the daily morning prayer. This melody was sung only on Rosh Hashanah (New Year) in the Italian tradition of Padua.
- Yigdal From the album, "Judeo-Carribean Currents, Music of the Mikve Israel-Emanuel Synagogue in Curaçao," performed by Gideon Zelermyer. The Yigdal is part of the ceremonial section of the liturgical order of Shabbat and the Holy Days in the Curaçao synagogue. It is one of the ending hymns of the service.
- Eres Chiquita y Bonita From the album, "Judeo-Spanish Moroccan Songs for the Life Cycle," sung by Alicia Bendayan from Tetuan. This is a song about courtship, related to the Jewish rituals that mark the events of the life cycle.
- Sweet Shalt Be My Chant From the album, "Kulmus Hanefesh," performed by Yair Harel on voice and tar, and Matti Kovler on voice and piano. A sacred hymn attributed to Rabbi Yehuda ha-Chasid, this is a Chabad tune with a near-Eastern arrangement.
- Lyr II From the album, "The Music of the Mountain Jews." Lyr is a genre found among all Turkish peoples, consisting of long, complex compositions usually comprised of three parts.
- Gilu ha-Galilim (Rejoice Galileans) From the album, "Nights in Canaan, Early Songs of the Land of Israel (1882-1946)." This is a Second Aliyah (1904-1914) song which became an integral part of the historical repertoire of Hebrew song. Both native-born and newly arrived pioneers sang this song in all circumstances.
- Saperi Tama From the album, "With Songs They Respond: The Diwan of the Jews from Central Yemen." This is a girdle poem by Se'adia ben Amram. Saperi Tama is sung to many melodies and is one of Yemenite Jewry's most common poems.