Alphabetical Index to Website Entries: X-Y-Z
Hanna Yaffe
Produced a CD of lullabies in various languages such as Hebrew, Yiddish, Arabic and Russian.
http://www.batkol.com/
Masha Yakubovich
Born in 1963. Yiddish singer from Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Studied at Tashkent Conservatoire. Concertized throughout Uzbekistan, and in Russia.
Thelma Yellin
Cellist born in London in 1895 and died in Israel, 1959. In 1921 founded the Jerusalem Musical Society.
Yerachmiel Begun and the Miami Boys Choir
This website features information about current albums, a clearly arranged listing of concert schedules, music samples and enthusiasm in a visual site.
http://www.ybandmbc.com
Yiddish-American Digital Archive
An online sound archive project has been recently started. The aim is to put Yiddish archival recordings on the Internet. In a section called "Opening the Vault", sound selections are available in Real Audio, along with the recording label and number, the name of the key artist and the name of the collection where the recording was gathered. The recordings date back as early as 1915, and include such media as an Edison cylinder and early Columbia recordings. The project features recordings of Henry Berman (1892-1952),an entertainer in Yiddish clubs, and grandfather of the founder of the online sound archive.
http://yiddishsong.org/
Yiddish Music Collection
Finding guide to the Brandeis University Library Special Collections
Yiddish Sheet Music Collection.
http://www.library.brandeis.edu/spcoll/judaica.html
Yiddish Song: An A-Z of Research,
Abbi Wood, currently completing a PhD thesis on Yiddish folk song in the Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, UK, has compiled a bibliography on Yiddish music. Texts are primarily from English language sources. Bibliography broken into genres, thematic and subject-oriented sections.
http://www.klezmershack.com/
articles/wood_yiddish_a2z_biblio.html
Yiddish Song Database
This database catalogues the Robert and Molly Freedman Archive of Jewish Music at the University of Pennsylvania Library. It contains 1720 recordings,
which comprise 24886 selections.
http://www.cs.uky.edu/raphael-cgi-bin/yidsong.cgi
The Yiddish Voice --WUNR
The Yiddish Voice is a local Boston Jewish music radio program heard
on WUNR, 1600 AM, Brookline, MA. Wed. 7:30-8:30.
http://www.yv.org
YIVO Archives and Library
YIVO holds one of the world's largest collections of Eastern European Jewish sound recordings and Jewish sheet music. Materials must be consulted onsite. Researchers are requested to call for an appointment for access to the Archives. Located (currently) at 555 W. 57th Street in New York City, YIVO is open Monday-Thursday. Phone: 212-246-6080.
http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/yivo/
Henrietta Yurchenco
Ethnomusicologist. American. Born in Born in New Haven, Connecticut. Collected and recorded world folk music. Wrote several extensive musicological works. Pianist. Professor Emerita of The City College of New York. Has 15 recordings. A website devoted to her new memoir currently available through MRI Press published in January, 2003.
http://www.music-research-inst.org/html/pubs/yurchenco.htm
Yuval Series Bibliography
Hebrew University's Jewish Music Research Centre regularly publishes
works in the journal Yuval and a monograph series on Jewish music. These
publications provide superb and detailed academic sources in Jewish music.
http://shum.cc.huji.ac.il/~jmrc/pubs.htm
YUVAL Italia--Centro di studi sulla musica ebraica
YUVAL Italia - The Italian Center for the Study of Jewish Music (Centro di Studi sulla Musica Ebraica), was founded in January 1997, in Milan, Italy. Its fundamental purpose is to provide written and aural documentation of Jewish musical traditions, particularly those in Italy. It holds a Library and a Sound Archive, and provides contacts to musicians and music festivals throughout the country. The Center, founded with the aid of Professor Israel Adler, is the first of its kind in Italy and operates in collaboration with the Jewish Music Research Center of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. YUVAL Italia is currently directed by Dr.Francesco Spagnolo. YUVAL produces a weekly live radio show from Radio Popolare, Milan.
E-mail: yuval@powerlink.it.
For more information you may write to the following address:
YUVAL Italia --Centro di Studi sulla Musica Ebraica
via della Guastalla, 19
20122 Milano, ITALY.
tel/fax +39 02 55014977
http://www.powerlink.it/yuval/english.html
Za'atar
Za'atar is a band dedicated to the performance of the vibrant music
of the Jewish Mizrahi and Sephardic cultures.
http://geocities.com/soho/exhibit/3145/
Zamir Chorale
Zamir Chorale concert schedule and excerpts from recordings are available
at their website. This site also contains links to Jewish music resources.
http://www.zamir.org
Zamir Choral Foundation, Inc.
"The Zamir Choral Foundation, Inc. is the only foundation in North America dedicated to the promotion, advancement and perpetuation of the
Jewish people through the music of its people, specifically Jewish choral music. Originally founded as an individual choir in 1960, the Zamir Chorale
sparked a renewal of the Jewish choral movement, and the creation of several choirs with similar goals. Zamir, as a choral foundation, now provides
unique leadership in the sustenance, development and advancement of the Jewish choral tradition in North America."
http://www.zamirfdn.org
Ben Zebelman
A new CD (released Oct., 2002) by Ben Zebelman, Song of Songs,with himself on piano and Lorenza Ponce,violin,... a recording based on the Biblical song cycle "Song of Songs". Produced at Steve Rosenthal's New York Magic Shop studio. Ben Zebelman is a young composer and pianist focusing on Jewish themes in "new American music". Ben has composed several works including "Kol Nidre Variations" and "Suite Noah's Ark", the latter using elements of Sephardic song. For website and reviews:
http://benzebelman.com/
Eric Zeisl
The grandson of Eric Zeisl has mounted an extensive website devoted to the composer. An excellent sources of academic materials.
http://www.schoenberglaw.com/zeisl.
The Zemel Choir
The Zemel Choir, founded in 1955 and located in London, UK, is a mixed voice choir that performs extensively in the UK, Israel and elsewhere. The repertoire is inclusive of Jewish liturgical, Israeli, madgrigals, modern and classical music. The choir has performed internationally at festivals, concerts, on the BBC and other media venues. The choir prides itself on its high musical standards.
http://www.the-zemel-choir.org/
Zemerl: The Interactive Database of Jewish Song
The Zemerl Database provides lyrics, information and sounds of Jewish songs in Yiddish, Hebrew and Ladino. The songs in the database are available by general thematic categories. The information includes title, composer, lyricist and language. There are sometimes included a short commentary about a song. The website invites inquiries about new songs and features articles and recommended reading. Developed by Inna Barmash at Princeton University.
http://www.princeton.edu/zemerl/
Zlata Razdolina
A composer and singer. Most of her repertoire of more than six hundred romances and songs is composed on texts of the famous Russian classical poets, A. Akhmatova, N.Gumilyov, O. Mandelstam, M. Tsvetayeva, A. Blok, I. Severyanin, S.Yesenin and others. In Israel she has written music for symphony
orchestras, choirs and chamber ensembles. To contact her directly: razdolin@netvision.net.il
http://www.geocities.com/razdolina/
Israel Zohar
Israel Zohar is a member and soloist of the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra. His webpage gives brief career highlights. Includes a listing of CDs and videos.
http://www.klezmer.co.il/
Zoila
Agentinian woman presents Yiddish songs and information on her recordings.
http://www.zoila.com/frame3.html
Emil Zrihan
The cantor from Ashkelon, Israel, who keeps the Moroccan liturgical tradition alive and well is an international sensation. His recordings and concerts are selling wildly in the world music scene and are extraordinary by any standard. He blends traditional Jewish Moroccan music with Muslim and Spanish flemenco sounds, to name a few. Well worth investigation.
http://www.piranha.de/records/english/all_1260.html
Mark Zuckerman
Choral Composer and arranger. Has written numerous works and also arranged Yiddish choral works, often incorporating some English to help audiences appreciate the texts better. Zuckerman appears to be a highly professional and successful modern choral arranger. You can hear many selections of his music online though his nicely laid out catalog of works. Another nice highlight of the website is the program liner notes online. Take a look at the "Year in Yiddish Song" to get a flavor of the information available. According to his online bio, his "choral music has achieved an international reputation with choruses and at festivals in The Netherlands and Canada as well as in the United States. It's been performed and recorded by the Gregg Smith Singers, The Goldene Keyt Singers, the New Yiddish Chorale, The Workman's Circle Chorus, and Di Goldene Keyt/The Yiddish Chorale.... instrumental music has been recorded by the Chicago Brass Ensemble, Ilya Itin, the Seattle Sinfonia, Peter Vinograde, and James Winn." You may wish to contact Mark if you need Jewish choral arrangements. Contact:
http://www.mazicmusic.com