Ouverture to Glory - Der Vilner shtot khazn
Feature. 77 min., B&W, Yiddish with English subt.
Directed by Max Nosseck
Material Type:
Films
Year:
1940
The Cantor's Son - Dem Khazns Zindl
Feature. 90 min., B&W, Yiddish with English subtitles.
Directed by Ilya Motyleff (& Sidney Goldin, uncredited)
Material Type:
Films
Year:
1937
A Cantor's Tale
Material Type:
Films
Year:
2005
Anthology of Traditional and Modern Synagogue Music
Editor
A collection of Ashkenazi cantorial music, edited by a very knowledgeable Hazzan and an excellent musician. However, it is still worthwhile to compare Ephros' edition with the source manuscripts or prints of the compositions.
Material Type:
Scores
Year:
1929-1969
Shirei Beth Hakneseth
Composer
88 compositions for Hazzan and choir for the High Holidays, as well as 15 Recitatives for Hazzan alone
Material Type:
Scores
Year:
1952
Shirei Beth Hakneseth
Composer
26 compositions for Hazzan and choir for Shabbat and Festivals, as well as 13 Recitatives for Hazzan alone
Material Type:
Scores
Year:
1951
Baal T'filoh
Composer
140 Recitatives for Selihot and the High Holidays
Material Type:
Scores
Year:
1940
Avodath Hahazzan
Composer
239 Recitatives for the High Holidays; congregational singing; composition for two voices; 10 Recitatives for radio and concert performance; 36 Hassidic melodies
Material Type:
Scores
Year:
1948
Avodath Hahazzan
Composer
150 Recitatives for the Sabbath; congregational singing; Sabbath zemirot; Hebrew and Yiddish folk songs; 30 Hassidic melodies
Material Type:
Scores
Year:
1943
Baal T'filoh
Composer
130 Recitatives for Shabbat and Festivals
Material Type:
Scores
Year:
1936
- 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.