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JEWISH MUSIC 101: WHAT IS JEWISH MUSIC?
A PROGRAM OF THE LOWELL MILKEN FUND FOR AMERICAN JEWISH MUSIC AT THE UCLA HERB ALPERT SCHOOL OF MUSIC
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U N I T 1 JEWISH MUSIC 101: WHAT IS JEWISH MUSIC? A PROGRAM OF THE LOWELL MILKEN FUND FOR AMERICAN JEWISH MUSIC AT THE UCLA HERB ALPERT SCHOOL OF MUSIC CONCEPTUAL FRAME FOR DEFINING MUSIC WHAT IS JEWISH MUSIC? UNIT 1: JEWISH MUSIC 101
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YOSSELE ROSENBLAT T
Cantor Yossele Rosenblatt became the most recognizable cantor in America as well as a superstar celebrity among non-Jewish audiences.
- Born 1882, Belaya Tserkov, Ukraine
- Died 1933, Palestine
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Debbie Friedman
“Here is the music of jubilation and confirmation. It is a call to community that rages against darkness and spreads light.” Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul & Mary)
- Born 1951, Utica, NY, grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota
- Died January 9, 2011 (Shabbat Shira)
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Craig Taubman
Craig’s songs bridge traditional Jewish themes and ancient teachings with passages and experiences of contemporary Jewish life.
- Born 1958, Millington, TN
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IRVING BERLIN (ISRAEL BEILIN)
"Irving Berlin has no place in American music - he is American music." Jerome Kern
- Born 1888, Tolochin, Byelorussia (presumed)
- Died 1989, New York
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MAX CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH BRUCH
“...I became acquainted with Kol Nidrei … in Berlin through the Lichtenstein family, ... Even though I am a Protestant , … I deeply felt the outstanding beauty of these melodies and therefore I gladly spread them through my arrangement.”
- Born 1838, Cologne
- Died 1920, Berlin
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CONCEPTUAL FRAME FOR ‘DEFINING’ MUSIC
SONIC: Utilizes elements like scales, rhythms, and ornamen- tation that are generally considered to “sound Jewish” but not necessarily specific tunes, etc. For example, John Zorn’s Masada project consists of original melodies composed in Ashkenazi liturgical modes (e.g., Ahava Raba, Misheberakh, etc.)
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CONCEPTUAL FRAME FOR ‘DEFINING’ MUSIC
MEANING: Music based on a Jewish text, value or concept. Music that uses a Jewish text or programmatic music (music that itself tells a story, ie. Bruch’s Kol Nidrei.) We will see how Bernstein’s Jeremiah symphony uses both.
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CONCEPTUAL FRAME FOR ‘DEFINING’ MUSIC
CONTEXT: Music by Jews or music in Jewish social/religious contexts. For example: Music by (Jewish composers) such as Debbie Friedman or Craig Taubman, whether or not based directly on a Jewish text, sung in Jewish camps and synagogues is/ becomes Jewish music.
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Bereishiyt bara elohiym et hashamayim v'et ha'aretz
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Bereishiyt bara elohiym et hashamayim v'et ha'aretz
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Bereishiyt bara elohiym et hashamayim v'et ha'aretz
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Bereishiyt bara elohiym et hashamayim v'et ha'aretz
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WHAT IS ART MUSIC?
Music that has been carefully crafted, using advanced musical techniques and concepts.
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN
"A work of art does not answer questions, it provokes them; and its essential meaning is in the tension between the contradictory answers."
- Born August 25, 1918, Lawrence, Massachusetts
- Died October 14, 1990, N.Y.
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Barukh atah adonai eloheynu melech ha'olam. Asher bachar binvi’im tovim. V'ratza b'divrayhem hane'emarim be'emet. Barukh atah adonai. Ha'bochair ba'torah uv'moshe avdo. Uv'yisrael amo. U'vinvi’ay ha'emet va'tzedek.
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BERNSTEIN SYMPONY NO. 1ME FOR ‘DEFINING’ MUSIC
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YIDDISH THEATER‘DEFINING’ MUSIC
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YIDDISH THEATER, BEI MIR BISTU SHEINME FOR ‘DEFINING’ MUSIC
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THE ANDREWS SISTERS SINGING BEI MIR BISTU SHEIN
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OFER BEN AMOTS
An interweaving of folk elements with contemporary textures creates the dynamic tension that permeates and defines Ben-Amots' musical language.
- Born 1955, Haifa
- Currently teaches music composition and theory, Colorado
College, Colorado Springs
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OFER BEN AMOTSME FOR ‘DEFINING’ MUSIC
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“Jewish music is a reflection of individual and/or collective Jewish experience in a particular historical moment.”
OFER BEN AMOTS
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Stories of Music is brought to you by
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For centuries, Jews have come to America from all parts of the globe, bringing with them the mu- sical and cultural heritages of their countries of birth. Then things changed. How has the American experience shaped Jewish life and culture in America? Understanding the evolving nature of Jewish Music helps shed light (and sound) on that question.
Learn more at: https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/resources/lowell-milken-fund-for-american-jewish-music/
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With more than 600 works by 200 composers, the Milken Archive of Jewish Music is one of the largest collections of music and historical materials devoted to exploring the American Jewish experience.
Learn more at: www.milkenarchive.org
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This lesson was created by:
Rabbi Barry Lutz, M.Ed, Curriculum Consultant Mark Kligman, PhD, Mickey Katz Endowed Chair in Jewish Music, Chair, Department of Ethnomusicology, Director of Lowell Milken Fund for American Jewish Music, Professor of Ethnomusicology and Musicology, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music Jeff Janeczko, Curator and COO, Milken Archive
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