1 CD, accompanied by Hebrew and English program notes and texts. Selections of liturgical music of various Jewish communities in Italy, recorded originally by the Italian Jewish ethnomusicologist Leo Levi (1912-1982) from original sources. Contents: prayers, cantillation and hymns for Sabbath, High holidays, festivals, Hannukah, Purim; Songs and hymns for Birth, circumcision and wedding.
A critical edition of a musical ceremony for the festival of Hosha'ana Rabbah from the Italian Jewish community of Casale Monferato (1732), found in Ms. Ginzburg 807[1] at the Lenin State Library in Moscow. Score for 5-6 voices, strings and oboes. Includes liturgical texts and the cantata "Dove in the Clefts of the Rock". The score is preceded by a historical introduction and a facsimile edition of the original Hebrew libretto.
Soft cover. Orchestral parts available on rental.
Complete works of Salamone Rossi.
Italian words with English translation, introductory material in English.
Contents: pt. 1. Secular vocal works. 3 v., pt. 2. Instrumental works. 1 v.
Part I. Secular vocal works:
v. 1: pt. I, v. 1-2. Madrigals for five voices, book 1, book 2.
v. 2: pt. 1, v. 3-5. Madrigals for five voices, books 3, 4, 5.
Especially on Salamone Rossi, "Ha-Shirim asher li-Shlomo".
Reprinted in Essential Papers on Jewish Culture in Renaissance and Baroque Italy, ed. David Ruderman (New York, 1992), 474–501
Information from www.worldcat.org: "3 partbooks. Original in Biblioteka Jagiellonska (Pl Kj) ; formerly in the Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz (D B). On reel with Mus Ms Krakow 40583."
Collection of mainly cantorate works: "Most music is for solo Hazzan; some music also for voice with piano, for solo organ, for solo piano, and for two violas."*
*Worldcat.com
"Most music is for solo Hazzan; some music also for voice with piano, for solo organ, for solo piano, and for two violas."
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