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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…
Contributor:
Aleksander Krein
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Russian Empire (Russia, Russia)
Date:
1918
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There are faces that God created to enchant you at first glance. Adore me, the face proclaims, and you adore it without knowing…
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Sholem Aleichem
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1915
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Terah’s wife is pregnant
day after day she turned pale,
she already knew what she had
but she did not reveal it to her husband.
One day she went out to fields and vineyards,
she found a cavern and…
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Unknown
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Ottoman Empire (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia)
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ca. 1800
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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)
Date:
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)
Date:
1894
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Jankiel’s Concert was inspired by a scene from Pan Tadeusz, Adam Mickiewicz’s 1834 epic poem, considered the national poem of Poland. The character of Jankiel, the Jewish innkeeper, is the most…
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Maurycy Trębacz
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1900
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Ira Jan created this hagiographical depiction of her lover Chaim Nahman Bialik being anointed by angels as a child shortly before she was deported by Ottoman authorities to Egypt. Her romantic…
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Ira Jan
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1914
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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
Places:
Paris, French Republic (Paris, France)
Date:
1876