Four Jewish Songs

SKU: HL.48024347

After emigrating from Berlin at the age of 16, the Jewish composer Ursula Mamlok wrote Four German Songs in 1958 while studying at the Manhattan School of Music. Based on texts from Hermann Hesse's collection Vom Baum des Lebens, the songs reflect the uprooting from home. Mamlok juxtaposes Hesse's melancholy with an intensive tonal image which proceeds from expressionism with short motifs and tonal transgression, yet ventures into new spheres of expression.

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SKU: BR.CHB-5364-00

Sephardic Folk Songs, also suitable for non-professional choirs.

ISBN 9790004412947. 7.5 x 10.5 inches.

The Sephardic culture originates from the Jewish population of Spain that was banished at the end of the 15th century and afterwards spread to the whole of the Mediterranean area, the Balkan and North Africa. Its unique Spanish dialect Ladino was preserved, finding musical expression in ballads, lyrical and paraliturgical songs for the most part. The choir conductor and composer Ohad Stolarz took eight of these Sephardic Folk Songs and arranged them as a cappella settings for four-part mixed choir. These arrangements may be performed both as a cycle and individually, being also suitable for non-professional choirs due to their lack of difficulty. The musically and harmonically colorful, partly also exotic pieces therefore present an enrichment for the program of every interculturally interested choir. The informative preface and the translations of the lyrics into German and English enable the content-related engagement with Sephardic culture, too. Further choral literature on this topic can be found in the volumes Sepharad and Aschkenaz by Alon Wallach.Audio samples: RIAS Kammerchor, dir. Justin Doyle, recording by Deutschlandfunk Kultur

Sephardic Folk Songs, also suitable for non-professional choirs.

SKU: BT.EMBZ14884

English-Hungarian.

Klezmer Miniatures has been compiled for young musicians who, by playing an instrument, would like to become acquainted with the musically-varied world of Klezmer. The series comprises two duos, four trios and two quartets, which can be performed with different combinations of instruments - violin, clarinet, flute, cello, double bass, bass guitar and trumpet. The composer, Ferenc Jávori, is a major figure of world music in Europe and is a prolific composer, orchestrator and performer. He is the founder and leader of the Budapest Klezmer Band. Jávori was born into a Hungarian-Jewish community in Munkács (Mukacheve, Ukraine), where the years before the Second World Warwitnessed a golden age of Klezmer, the traditional, instrumental folk music of Yiddish-speaking Jewish communities. He has collected and compiled numerous melodies and songs from the last representatives of this formerly vibrant musical culture. Each of the Klezmer Miniatures reflects a different traditional genre of Klezmer. In these pieces Jávori has used certain motifs from Moisei Beregosky's folk music collection.

Klezmer Miniatures has been compiled for young musicians who, by playing an instrument, would like to become acquainted with the musically varied world of Klezmer. The series comprises two duos, four trios and two quartets, which can beperformed with different combinations of instruments - violin, clarinet, flute, cello, double bass, bass guitar and trumpet.

The composer, Ferenc Jávori, is a major figure of world music in Europe and is a prolific composer, orchestrator and performer. Each of the Klezmer Miniatures reflects a different traditional genre of Klezmer.

Die Klezmer-Miniaturen entstanden für junge Musiker, die sich beim Spielen auf ihrem Instrument mit der vielfältigen Musikwelt des Klezmer vertraut machen wollen. Diese Ausgabe umfasst zwei Duos, vier Trios und zwei Quartette, die sich inunterschiedlichen Besetzungen sowohl auf der Violine als auch auf der Klarinette, der Flöte, dem Cello, dem Kontrabass, der Bassgitarre und der Posaune vortragen lassen.

Klezmer Miniatures a été réalisé pour les jeunes musiciens qui voudraient se familiariser avec le style de musique Klezmer. Ce recueil comprend des duos, trios et quatuors offrant de multiples combinaisons instrumentales (Violon I & II, Fl teI & II, Clarinette I & II, Violoncelle).

Klezmer Miniatures è pensato per tutti i giovani musicisti interessati a familiarizzare con lo stile della musica Klezmer. Questa raccolta include duetti, trii e quartetti che offrono molteplici combinazioni strumentali (Violino, Clarinetto,Flauto, Violoncello, Contrabbasso, Chitarra basso e Tromba).