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Edgar Leslie, Irving Berlin, Artist Unknown
Date:
1909
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The book’s name: This book [Song of Songs] is called a “song,” a noun bearing several meanings. First, it denotes music, as in the verse: all the daughters of song (Ecclesiastes 12:4), which means…
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Yoḥanan Alemanno
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ca. 1500
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You asked how an object can move without being touched, and this indeed is a puzzling matter to all sages. To explain this issue, I must first discuss some rudiments of the science of music, for if…
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Joseph Solomon Delmedigo
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1629
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Charles-Valentin Alkan
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Paris, Kingdom of France (Paris, France)
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1844
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Giacomo Meyerbeer
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1847
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Brothers and sisters—all working poor
Wherever you might be scattered on earth
This banner’s now waiting for you, together.
Waving, wrathful, this flag is blood red.
We swear! We swear by the…
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S. An-ski
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Bern, Switzerland
Date:
1902
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Musical notation and words for a lullaby sung to babies in the Bene Israel community in India.
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Early 20th Century
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In the year 5473 [1713] since the creation of, the world, from the moment it began the plague fell upon us because of our many sins. In the community we still had no one ill nor bad air in the country…
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Moses Eisenstadt
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1713
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Charles-Valentin Alkan
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Paris, French Empire (Paris, France)
Date:
1859
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A whole world of railways appeared in our time
They carry their passengers—poor men and rich.
Admire the wonder, but bear this in mind:
It’s really a parable, meant just for you.
It is we who are…
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Elyokum Tsunzer
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Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
1875