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There are many songs about Jerusalem from various time periods, especially nationalistically-themed songs from the time of the Six-Day War, when East Jerusalem passed from Jordanian control to Israeli. Additionally many Biblical Psalms, styled as songs, were written specifically about Jerusalem. Jewish liturgy and hymns are rife with references ...
Pages in category "Jewish folk songs" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * Israelism (song) C.
Jewish rock songs (1 C, 2 P) S. Songs from Fiddler on the Roof (6 P) Songs in Judaeo-Spanish (4 P) Y. Songs in Yiddish (1 C, 26 P) Pages in category "Jewish songs"
Jew's harp music is Library of Congress Subject Heading M175.J4. [ 2 ] Famous Jew's harpists include the German musicians Father Bruno Glatzl (1721–1773) of Melk Abbey (for whom Albrechtsberger wrote his concerti), Franz Koch (1761–1831), who was discovered by Frederick the Great , [ 3 ] and, "the most famous," [ 4 ] Karl Eulenstein (1802 ...
Jewish songs (6 C, 12 P) Songs in Hebrew (4 C, 58 P) Y. ... Pages in category "Jewish music" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total.
In America, aside from America's own Yiddish theatres, songwriters and composers employed Yiddish folk and theatre songs, along with synagogue modes and melodies, as material for the music of Tin Pan Alley, Broadway and Hollywood. [4] [5] Irving Berlin was one of the popular composers to move from Yiddish song to English songs. [6]
The Songs of the Jewish Shtetle is a cultural musical project aimed at preserving Jewish cultural heritage. The project has gathered songs in Yiddish, a language put on the Red List of Threatened Languages by UNESCO. Before World War II, the number of native Yiddish speakers was approximately 11 million people.
Songs of Our Fathers is an album by American musicians David Grisman and Andy Statman, released in 1995. It's a collection of Jewish songs, many of which are more than 100 years old. Much of the music is influenced by the Jewish instrumental folk music of Eastern Europe known as Klezmer. [1]