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Radical Jewish Culture
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These program notes were prepared for the Radical New Jewish music performances which were part of the ART PROJEKT Festival held in Munich in September of 1992.American New Music has always been noted…

Contributor:

John Zorn, Marc Ribot

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Date:

1992

Subjects:

Music, Jewish identity, Antisemitism, Artists

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Performing Arts, Political Culture
Manifesto
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Many skeptics have denied the existence of Jewish music. Some lump it together with Oriental music; others refuse to admit its independence a priori, by virtue of the nomadic fate of the Jews, who…

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Society for Jewish Folk Music

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Moscow, Russian Empire (Moscow, Russia)

Date:

1913

Subjects:

Music, Performing arts, Artists, Jewish identity

Categories:

Political Culture, Music, Folklore
The Problems of Jewish Music
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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

Subjects:

Music, Christian-Jewish relations, Christianity, Artists, Performing arts

Categories:

Political Culture, (Auto)biography