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“Good morning, Master of the universe!
I, Levi-Yitzchok of Berdytschev, have come to hold
Judgment with You concerning Your people Israel.
What have You against Israel?
Why have you imposed…
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Levi Isaac of Berdichev
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Berdyczów, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Berdychiv, Ukraine)
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ca. 1790
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This illustration depicts three Polish Jewish soldiers taking part in the Polish uprising of 1830 and 1831. The rendering of an “Israelite National Guard in Warsaw” alongside solemn, patriotic music…
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Artist Unknown
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)
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ca. 1831
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Charles-Valentin Alkan was the first composer to incorporate Jewish melodies in art music. His “Ancienne melodie de la synagogue,” a prelude for solo piano or organ, was published in 1847, along with…
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Charles-Valentin Alkan
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Paris, France
Date:
1844
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The manuscript is believed to be the earliest extant Reform Jewish liturgical composition. An early example of the work of Giacomo Meyerbeer, “Hallelujah” was probably prepared for use at a service at…
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Giacomo Meyerbeer
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)
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1847
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So let’s drink whisky, brothers—
let’s hope we live to drink again.
Let’s drink now—enough of eating.
How can you forget about whisky for so long!
If we didn’t have whisky,
how would we live in this…
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Mikhl Gordon
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Žagarė, Russian Empire (Žagarė, Lithuania)
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ca. 1868
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In the first place, it behoves us to fight the opinion that the regeneration of the service can be achieved only by a complete break with the past, by abolishing all traditional and inherited…
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Salomon Sulzer
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Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Vienna, Austria)
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1876
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In this table, giving the notation for chanting the Torah, the musical notes indicate the melody of each cantillation mark, while the Hebrew words below them indicate the name and shape of the mark.
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Unknown
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ca. 1611
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The book’s name: This book [Song of Songs] is called a “song,” a noun bearing several meanings. First, it denotes music, as in the verse: all the daughters of song (Ecclesiastes 12:4), which means…
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Yoḥanan Alemanno
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ca. 1500
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You asked how an object can move without being touched, and this indeed is a puzzling matter to all sages. To explain this issue, I must first discuss some rudiments of the science of music, for if…
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Joseph Solomon Delmedigo
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1629
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Cover of sheet music for “Sadie Salome, Go Home.” Fanny Brice (1891–1951) was born Fania Borach in New York City to immigrants from Hungary and Alsace respectively. Getting her break in entertainment…
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Edgar Leslie, Irving Berlin, Artist Unknown
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1909