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^America; February h National -..Jewish Mtisic Month, a time
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|S(ii-of 'Jewish -music 1$ being' ^ii^riwj i t?y the Sisterhood of Temple Beth Israel. Open to the j>ublic} it^tfl l>e; Wednesday at 8:?0 |). m. at the temple, Cedar Ave;-. .,.v • •;. '. ^fhe program is under the dU i
reen'on;jdf Mrs. Fred D. Stone, who has selected works portraying both the old and new of the music >••;.' ;.",."' : '. :•*!•:•* '.;• * % + "
^^lUEJkCUSIC^Hhe-rewrretr resents a vari-colored, vari-tcx-tored mosaic, which took hundreds of years to create. Its scope can hardly be thoroughly captured in the brief time span, of one concert.
\ ~11tt *fogV*rfl v©f uHeftWeldnes-day festival; ^however, as planned by MrsT Stone^ Is'£• >small icale replica of that vari-te,xture4 mosaic, arranged to represent four major • forirtss: synagogue music, the song of! the home life of the Jews, folk songs and art music.
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A VAST HORDE of melodic fragments of cadv synagogus
tf«e-ha$-b«rru^mrrntted over the centuries from father to son, foam cantor to apprentice. .
Mo*f ancient and jnost individual of all are the chants of the Bible and the chants of the liturgy. Some of the chants may have had their origin in a day even before the Gregorian chant
(the chant rjfeard ' ir> Catholic Churches) Via wrjtic^; down;v i .::;r\,v, ..;.-.;• -.:-*:c,»;•.>„»:•.-_ s.V \'y:\,'-'>-
THE CHANT of the synagogue was an .unr^ytjrjni alr free "niua/ci^h'e;r^iu&^a*;^'i*y:lhi' . mic ^ e l i ^ s r|orin; It -V/ai the song of-M»e ho^jr 3th* Carol of .the^bb>th^!:.:;;^'rv^;^-'^
The songs OBth<>shobte lire filled^with the warrnlh^pT^rne.
rgood~lpof and the glory of God. They rep. resent the peace whkh theuSab* bath alone could bringi\& the Jews in the "most dreadful of worlds." - ; ; • ' :
JEWISH folk «>ngshave- their origin in Eastern European Jewry, in 1795, the; large majority
of Jewr}n Eastern JJOrope j^er»;
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In villages and small towri^>-?v; 2 '-ThM,'lived1 • ft life^of dire pOv--
ifrty arid ff^i^^^^i^pi^ econdmically,• socially, jppliUcai-: ly and: culturally - . / ' ~*^ •.
Yetr out of thla environrnej: ^ihere aros< tt%ody oraongFrieh ' in text and time . . distinguished
by its genuine folk; character./ V -• SecuUir In nature, the ^folfc
songs include cradle songs, love songs, work songs and nonsense songs.: They deal with scfoool, children, marriage, family, tragedy and humor. ' " i
WITH THE RISE of liberalism arid the emancipation of the Jews, Jewish music began to reflect the -"hew influences.- 4 * l
I Changes in religious outlook and ritual cried ptit for new music fonms. The rise of Jewish nationalism found its outlet ini experiments with the creation
% of an art music, the "coni^osed'* song/ ..'• .• -:..'; . .t ,
Talented young contemporary
^IDDfSH FOLKSONG"~ Rehearsing for the Jewish fhusic festival scheduled Wednesday are members | f the choral group. «f hey'are, left to right, Mrs.
Daniel Sasmor, Mrsi Eugene Malkis, Yehuda Segal and David Larin, Mr«. Fred D. Stone is director of the choral group. — Gazette Photo.
composers are pioducirig a new literature of symphonies, chamber music, opera, choral, compo-
_iitions-and-6ongs. : ""£.?.•• * • - . * * • « / ' . ' • . • ;
SONGS ARE IMMORTAL and a people that never ceases to sing will ,bc immortal.
Throughout the history of the: Jewish people, songs have been sung. They reflect the sad times,
\ * the depressive times, the happier ; times •.•;'.. but. they are. always
there. V : In the words of Yehuda Hal-i evi, a Hebrew poet^of the Middle
Ages, "A people without a song is a people without a soul."
THE C H O R A L GROlj'^ Which will'perform at the festival on Wednesday, includes Mrs. Yehuda Segal, Mrs. Norman Bcdzincr, Mrs. Daniel Sasmor, Miss Ruth Sclig Gellman, Mrs; Max KianOff. Mrs. Eugene Malkis,..Mrs. Seymcur Jaffe,., Miss Carol Wejnstcin, Yehuda Segal, David Larin and David Schrei-be r.' - '•'•'';•''"'
'The program of selections is as follows: -
"Dvinu Malkcinu." a prayer by Max Janowski; "Sisu:V'Sim-chu,". a song of joy, setting by Rcuven Kosakoti and melody by M. Ziara: "Dayanu," a folksong, chorai setting by Trude Rittman; and "Mi Y'Mallel," a psalm arranged by Binder.
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ALSO. "By the Waters of Babylon," a song of joy, music
IN FOL^COSTUME A Striking d pose are Theodore Budrow and Miss Ann Oxley, who Will give a demonstration
of folk ddncing at ihe;Jewish rnusiic f es t i va I scheduled Wednesday at Temple Beth Israel. —Gazette Phbto.
by Harry Coopersmith; "Simhu Na," • by : Weiner, arrangement by Leonard Berstein;.and "Song of Ruth —Entreat Me not to Leave Thee," a Biblical song in modern setting,; . by Maurice Goldman, soloist Mrs. Daniel Sasmor. ^ • .
Mrs, Malkis^ pianist, will play "Hora," by Marc Lavry, and "Song of the Night," by Julius Chajes.
Miss Ann Oxley will accompany the choral group on the piano. ....
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clude a program of folk dances to be performed by Miss Oxley and Theodore Budrow.
Austrian, Swiss, Ukranian arid Russian folk dances will be performed by Miss Oxley arid Mr. Budrow. Three Israeli folk dan
ces will be executed by Mr. Budrow.
Miss Oxley, a.graduate of the, Toronto Conservatory of Music, is a piano,and organ teacher.^
Mr. Budrow, who has been a leader of folk and square danc
ing while attending; Syracuse University, iskrown in Niagara Falls as a square dance .caller and for his leadership- in summer folk dancing fetes at Hyde Paffc
48 CLUB DINNER-DANCE-Mrs. John Mettler, John at the Red Coach Inn. Mrs. Frick was chairman of Mettler, Mrs. L. T. Frick and Louis T. Frick get together over a bowl of punch at the 48 Club dance
the buffet dinner — Gazette Photo.
MARCH OF DIMES DANCE - Enjoying drinks and a chat at the dance, held Saturday at the Elks"ball-room, are, left to right, Mrs. Francis tally, chair
man; Charles JJ.. Gibb, Mrs. Gibb, Miss Patricia Cal-ladine, Earl J. Lenhart Jr. and Francis Ldlly. — Gazette Photo.
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w .p^Cc" :^W^N6rman J. Altmann pins ^i f^r* sAif i^nrt iaf the 11th annual Beta 8^t^6^i^jl'hJklel ;'Satur<layat Hotel Ni-^Sdj£eWe;'pfiblojr"^ '-'</• ' v
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ISKRA JUBILEE.- Chester F. Tuzinski, president of the Iskra Society, cats the 25th anniversary cake at a dinner at the Echo Club. Oh the right is Chester J» Jakubowski, the speaker.—vGazette Photo.
MARD! GRAS DANCE - Clyde and Mrs. Ayers, left, an4 Mr$. John Stoy.ell and Mr. Stoyell,. right, pictured at the Hennepin Hall School parents group"
dance at Lewiston Village fire hall.* decorated with, drawings df people costume. — Gazette Photo.
tKe hall w d r in Mara*! firaj
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