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The music for “Se’u She‘arim (Lift Up Your Heads, O Gates)” resembles the choral marches found in grand opera. The words are from Psalm 24: O gates, lift up your heads! Up high, you everlasting doors…
Contributor:
Samuel Naumbourg
Places:
Paris, Kingdom of France (Paris, France)
Date:
1847
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Charles-Valentin Alkan was the first composer to incorporate Jewish melodies in art music. His “Ancienne melodie de la synagogue,” a prelude for solo piano or organ, was published in 1847, along with…
Contributor:
Charles-Valentin Alkan
Places:
Paris, Kingdom of France (Paris, France)
Date:
1844