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These are the words of the covenant as a statute for Jacob, as an everlasting covenant for Israel; the Almighty spoke but once—and He will never alter His law—through the Torah and the ruling which…
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Bet Din of Hamburg
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Altona, Kingdom of Denmark
(Altona, Germany)
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1819
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These program notes were prepared for the Radical New Jewish music performances which were part of the ART PROJEKT Festival held in Munich in September of 1992.
American New Music has always been…
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John Zorn, Marc Ribot
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New York, United States of America
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1992
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Let us begin with the most basic questions: Can oral traditions of music constitute a reliable source for historical research? While this question is applicable to most music…
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Edwin Seroussi
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Ramat Gan, Israel
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1996
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“Practically everyone has seen the prize-winning musical about the lovable people in that little village in Old Russia called Anetevka [sic]. Well, as far as we’re concerned, ‘Fiddler’ made a goof!” M…
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Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
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New York, United States of America
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2001
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The distinction between religious and secular music is not universally admitted. There is a considerable group of people, some of them very learned in the art and science of sound, who claim that…
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Joseph Reider
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Philadelphia, United States of America
New York, United States
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1918
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Many skeptics have denied the existence of Jewish music. Some lump it together with Oriental music; others refuse to admit its independence a priori, by virtue of the nomadic fate of the Jews, who…
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Society for Jewish Folk Music
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Moscow, Russian Empire
(Moscow, Russia)
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1913
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Mr. Engel concludes that the music to my songs is not folk, because, in his opinion, it includes the rhythms of waltz music and mazurkas, and these dance rhythms are used even in the cases where I…
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Mark Varshavsky
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Kiev, Russian Empire
(Kyiv, Ukraine)
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1901
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It is well known that tunes of songs, no less than their texts, often provide an historical mirror of an exceedingly sharp focus. A special category of such songs are the so- called “migrating” or…
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A. B. Yehoshua
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New York, United States of America
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1980
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June 1, 1918
Jewish music is the face of a frozen sphinx which, after the millennium of its antiquity, is still only on the path to discovering its secret, is only now waking to life…
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Aleksander Krein
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St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
(Russia, Russia)
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1918
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At the request of a well-known patriot
Our hope is not yet lost
That hope of ages
To return to the land of our fathers
To the city where David dwelt
As long as hope remains in our hearts
The…
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Naftali Herz Imber
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1884