Pregúntele a cualquier veterano amante del Yiddish, cuál es la canción yiddish más popular y conocida y la respuesta será invariablemente la misma : “Oifn pripetchik” , o sea “en el hornillo” una referencia a un sistema muy elemental de calefacción en los hogares de los judíos en Europa Oriental en el siglo XIX. Si […]
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This song by Grossman has clear roots in the song “: Zol Zayn” by Yoisef Papiernikov, which refers to the custom of building castles in the air.
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Abie Toiber was Born in Mexico City; in a lapse of his early childhood was moved to USA, Israel and back to Mexico fomenting with this a global and multicultural sensibility. His father, a Dentist, academic and Bass player amateur inculcated the love for Rock music and artist like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, […]
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Fue un honor exponer sobre una parte de mi investigación musicológica en el congreso organizado por La SEMYR durante el año en que se conmemoran los 800 años de la Universidad de Salamanca, cuyos claustros albergaron a San Juan de la Cruz, Fray Luis de León, Francisco de Vitoria, Antonio de Nebrija, Bartolomé de las […]
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Enjoy these beautiful songs on themes associated with the holiday of Shavuot—the day we received the Torah.
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Der Rebbe Elimelekh 25 versions from all over the world presented by SaveTheMusic. “Der Rebbe Elimelekh” is a Yiddish song written in 1927 by Moyshe Nadir and loosely based on the song Old King Cole. 1. Mongolia: Amalia Rubin – Der Rebbe Elimelech 2. Austria: Theodore Bikel – Der Rebe Elimelech 3. USA: Itzshak Perlman – As […]
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When comedian Mendy Pellin posted on Twitter that “Sefira music is the audio equivalents of Pesach cereal,” he was referring to the recent trend of Orthodox singers to produce albums and singles of a capella music to listen to during the more than a month of mourning between Passover and Shavuot, known as sefirah, when […]
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