RE: International Jewish Music survey recordings

[Evan Rapport <evan...>]

I went to the Web site and couldn't find this CD...saw various CDs under the
heading of ANTHOLOGY OF MUSICAL TRADITIONS IN ISRAEL but nothing that looked
specifically like the one you refer to. Looks very interesting

Thanks,
Evan


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Abbi Wood [mailto:acw24 (at) hermes(dot)cam(dot)ac(dot)uk]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 5:30 PM
> To: World music from a Jewish slant
> Cc: World music from a Jewish slant
> Subject: Re: International Jewish Music survey recordings
> 
> 
> 
> Joel,
> 
> The Hebrew University of Jerusalem produced a tape/CD called "Musical
> Traditions in Israel: Treasures of the National Sound 
> Archives" (1992). It
> has 24 tracks including music from Jewish communities of 
> Tangier, Greece,
> France, Italy, Turkey, Yemen, Ethiopia, Gur Hassidim... (also 
> there are a
> few tracks of other local communities including Arabs, Bedouins, Greek
> Orthodox...). A lot of the recordings were made by eminent 
> ethnographers
> both inside and outside Israel, and it's an extremely interesting and
> diverse collection. I got my copy directly from the Jewish 
> Music Research
> Centre of the Hebrew University; they have a web site at
> http://shum.cc.huji.ac.il/~jmrc/jmrc.htm with contact details.
> 
> Abbi
> 
> On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Joel Bresler wrote:
> 
> > Chevra:
> > 
> > Can people weigh in with opinions on good survey recordings 
> that cover the 
> > music of the etended) Diaspora? Either LP or more modern 
> formats, with a 
> > sentence or two about their merits?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > 
> > Joel
> > 
> > 
> > Joel Bresler
> > 250 E. Emerson Rd.
> > Lexington, MA 02420 USA
> > 
> > Home Office:    781-862-4104
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> > Email:          jbresler (at) ma(dot)ultranet(dot)com
> > 
> 
> 

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