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4 Best Parody Songs for Sukkot and Simchat Torah

October 10, 2019/ByJewish Website/InFeatured, Music/0 Comment

Sukkot (Hebrew: סוכות‎ or סֻכּוֹת, sukkōt), commonly translated as Festival of Tabernacles (traditional Ashkenazi spelling Sukkos/Succos) also known as Chag HaAsif (חג האסיף), the Festival of Ingathering, is a biblical Jewish holiday celebrated on the 15th day of the seventh month, Tishrei (varies from late September to late October). During the existence of the Jerusalem […] Read More

Form and Structure of Sephardic Music

October 10, 2019/ByJewish Website/InRincón Sefaradí/0 Comment

The texts of Sephardic music are written in an umbrella language referred to Judeo-Spanish. In Morocco, this language is called Khaketia. The music is typically strophic, and the verses are normally quatrains. The subject matter of Sephardic songs can be divided into 6 principle categories: Romances and narrative songs Love songs Topical and recreational songs […] Read More

Peace, Love, and Understanding: Exploring Yiddish Culture through Sheet Music

October 10, 2019/ByJewish Website/InYiddish Vinkl/1 Comment

What does it mean to see music? In the days before commercial recordings, it meant sheet music, which featured the music of the day notated, with lyrics underneath the notes. These pieces—often featuring brilliantly illustrated covers with headshots of the composer, lyricist, or star performer—allowed audiences to access their favorite songs, though it meant they had to […] Read More

Cantorial Jewels, by Richard Tucker

October 9, 2019/ByJewish Website/InCD of The Week/0 Comment

Richard Tucker was unquestionably America’s greatest tenor. As with many of his contemporaries, the Second World War gave him the opportunity to establish himself in this country, and for the next quarter of a century, no one surpassed this native son in terms of voice, commitment, integrity, and devotion to the lyric art. His standing […] Read More

Moyshe Oysher Performs Kol Nidre

October 4, 2019/Byדזשאָרדין קוציק/InMusic, Yiddish Vinkl/0 Comment

די גרויסע אָנהענגער פֿון חזנות דעבאַטירן שוין יאָרן לאַנג, ווער פֿון די גרויסע חזנים פֿון אַמאָל האָט צום בעסטן געזונגען „כּל נדרי‟. דעם ענין קען מען אַרומרעדן אָן אַ סוף (מײַן אויסקלײַב: דווקא גרשון סיראָטע. אויב איר ווילט הערן אַן אויסערגעוויינטלעכן נוסח פֿון דער תּפֿילה אין אַ ייִדישן פֿילם, הערט זיך צו צו משה אוישער. אָט […] Read More

Audiences across North America are toasting a new production of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF!

October 2, 2019/ByJewish Website/InFeatured, News, Yiddish Vinkl/0 Comment

Audiences across North America are toasting a new production of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF! Rich with musical hits you know and love, including “Tradition,” “Sunrise, Sunset,” “If I Were A Rich Man,” “Matchmaker, Matchmaker” and “To Life (L’Chaim!),” FIDDLER ON THE ROOF is the heartwarming story of fathers and daughters, husbands and wives, and life, love and […] Read More

Thanks for the Dance: posthumous Leonard Cohen album announced

October 2, 2019/ByLaura Snapes/InNews/0 Comment

A collection of previously unheard Leonard Cohen material will be released as Thanks for the Dance, an album described by representatives for the late songwriter as “an unexpected harvest of new songs” and “a continuation of the master’s work”. Cohen had asked his son, Adam, to complete the sketches left over from their prior collaboration […] Read More

Fiddler On The Roof (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Recording)

September 30, 2019/By/InCD of The Week/0 Comment

One of the most jubilant, beloved soundtracks of all time just got even better! This 30th-anniversary reissue includes If I Were a Rich Man; Sunrise, Sunset; Matchmaker , and the rest of the original release (featuring the late, great Isaac Stern)-PLUS five unreleased tracks, a recently discovered “underscore” by conductor John Williams, rare photos, movie […] Read More

Judeo-Spanish song: a Mediterranean-wide interactive tradition

September 30, 2019/ByJudith R. Cohen/InRincón Sefaradí/0 Comment

Abstract Judeo-Spanish Sephardic (“Ladino”) songs have been sung, remembered, composed, and adapted around the Mediterranean, from the late-fifteenth-century expulsions from Iberian lands to festivals of new Ladino songs. This reflective survey explores mythologies around this multi-site, interactive tradition, of which diaspora and re-invention have been defining elements since its inception. Following a brief background, it […] Read More

The lost Jewish music of Turkey

September 24, 2019/By/InRincón Sefaradí/0 Comment

The Ottoman Empire essentially gave birth to the Eastern Sephardic musical tradition — a richly seasoned stew of Iberian, Turkic, southern European, Mediterranean and Romani ingredients whose appeal extended beyond Europe to the New World. My wife, Ingrid, and I were sitting in the lobby of the Hotel Residence in Istanbul, listening to an Israeli […] Read More