Jewish Voices in the New World (Milken Archive of American Jewish Music)

Neil W. Levin (Conductor), Schola Hebraeica Chorus (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Schola Hebraeica Chorus
• Conductor: Neil W. Levin
• Audio CD (November 18, 2003)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Milken Archive
• ASIN: B0000TSQMU
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #395,702 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Jewish Voices in the New World offers a rare and fascinating collection of synagogue melodies and biblical chants as they were sung in the early American Colonial period, throughout the Revolutionary War, and up through the early years of the new republic. When the first practicing Jews arrived in North America in the 17th century, they brought the treasured western-Sephardi musical tradition that flourished in "New Amsterdam"— the city that was soon renamed New York. This sacred repertoire continues to this day in America’s oldest synagogues, Shearith Israel, established in 1654, and Mikve Israel, founded in 1782.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Spanish and Portuguese Sephardic Canting, March 5, 2008

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This review is from: Jewish Voices in the New World (Milken Archive of American Jewish Music) (Audio CD)

A good selection of Western Sephardic Liturgical canting, more melodious than Ashkenazi canting but has the Morrocan nasal tones which some may not like but yet is very beautiful in itself.