Nigun

[Dan Kazez <KAZEZ...>]

Has anyone tried to find out about "Nigun: Society for the promotion of 
Jewish Music"?  The e-mail addresses yield nothing (no response or no 
info) and the web site does not exist.  Is it a hoax??

Dan

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Daniel (Dan) Kazez                      e-mail:  kazez (at) wittenberg(dot)edu
Associate Professor Music                          tel:  513-327-7354
Wittenberg University                              fax:  513-327-6340
Daniel Kazez / Wittenberg University / Springfield, Ohio 45501  U.S.A.
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Subject: MUSIC: Nigun: Society for the promotion of Jewish Music
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Nigun: Society for the promotion and exploration of Jewish Music
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<URL: http://sti1.uni-duisburg.de/Nigun/English>

In the Jewish tradition, a "Nigun" can be described as a shimmering 
term that generally refers to a melody, a syllable less song in the 
synagogue or a chassidic hymn.

The Nigun organization, whose present residence is in Muelheim, was 
founded in December, 1995 by a group of interested people from the 
western area of the "ruhrgebiet".  These people dedicated their work to 
the broad field of Jewish music through concepts, other academic 
events, research and the construction of an archive.

Nigun's concept of Jewish music in it's broadest sense, refers to 
musical statements by Jewish authors, or non-Jewish authors who write 
about a Jewish theme.  The organization will be focusing on the 
following themes:

  - Organization and financing of Jewish music (as defined by the Nigun 
    organization) concerts.
  - Organization and financing of the lectures on Jewish music.
  - Archiving of sheet music which might also be published.
  - Archiving of audio documents (videos, audio cassettes, schellack-
    records and phonograph waltzes).
  - Archiving of written documents (books, periodicals and 
    magazines).
  - Sponsorship of artists who deal with the interpretation of  Jewish 
    music.
  - To conceptualize, apply and implement the research for the 
    documentation of Jewish music.


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