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A notated version of a wordless Hasidic niggun, melody, attributed to Shneur Zalman of Liady, the founder of Chabad Hasidism.
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Shneur Zalman of Liady
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Lyady, Russian Empire (Lyady, Belarus)
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ca. 1800
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For decades, my efforts have been directed at purifying the old modes [die alten Weisen]. Through [general] use and arbitrary treatment they have suffered tactless changes and distortions. I…
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Louis Lewandowski
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Berlin, German Empire (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1882
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The attempt to edit a songbook for Jewish organizations is such an entirely new undertaking—one without any precedent whatsoever—that it would appear necessary to offer a few words of…
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Heinrich Loewe
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Berlin, German Empire (Berlin, Germany)
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1894
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The lack of a Hebrew songbook for Jewish schools in the East is known and felt by all Hebrew teachers generally and music teachers, in particular. Although several collections have been…
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Avraham Tsvi Idelsohn
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1912
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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…
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Samuel Naumbourg
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Paris, Kingdom of France (Paris, France)
Date:
1847
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Salamone de Rossi (1570–1630), composer, singer, violinist, and musician in the Gonzaga court in Mantua, is best known for his introduction of polyphony into synagogue music. Composer Samuel Naumbourg…
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Samuel Naumbourg
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Paris, French Republic (Paris, France)
Date:
1876
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The first edition of Baal T’fillah was published in 1871. A compendium of over 1,500 Jewish traditional melodies, according to the traditions of German, Polish, and Portuguese (Sephardic) Jews, the…
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Abraham Baer
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Gothenburg, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway (Göteborg, Sweden)
Date:
1877
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Cover of sheet music for “Do Not Say Goodbye” from the Marx Brothers’ musical comedy Home Again.
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Marx Brothers
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1914
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This flute from Tel Goren at En Gedi, 4 inches long and .67 inches wide (10 × 2 cm), is made from the hollowed shaft of an animal bone. The hole near the center was probably for blowing air across the…
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‘En Gedi, Land of Israel (Tel Goren, Israel)
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Iron Age IIC, End of 7th−Beginning of 6th Century BCE
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Large conch-type shells can be used to make music by blowing through closed lips into an opening cut at the narrow end of the shell. Because the spiral-shaped cavity of each shell is distinct, each…
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Hazor, Land of Israel (Tel Hazor, Israel)
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Iron Age IIA, 9th Century BCE