#Edward Jablonski

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But [Rosie] was not very good at maneuvering a spindly British bicycle. As "airplane commander," Rosenthal was issued along with a good deal of other matériel, a bicycle for getting around the wide vistas of Thorpe Abbotts. He found himself heavily burdened by all this issue but somehow managed to get himself upon the cycle. He carried a load of gear in one arm, had draped his life preserver around his neck, and set off in the general direction of his quarters.

Rosenthal managed to do pretty well, for he got some distance away from the supply hut and was pedaling his uncertain way along a little dirt road. A shift in the load contributed to a series of unusual course changes which came to a sudden, damp conclusion as Rosenthal, newly issued supplies and bicycle plunged down an embankment into one of those charming little ditches that run along the picturesque rural English roads.

Lying in the water (which was not deep), Lieutenant Rosenthal felt there was only one thing to do in this emergency as he lay there, face up in the ditch: he inflated his Mae West. This was probably the only time during all of the Second World War that a member of the 8th Air Force was thus saved from British waters.

— an except from Edward Jablonski’s Flying Fortress : the illustrated biography of the B-17s and the men who flew them

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https://www.vogue.it/gallery/matrimonio-jacquelyn-jablonski-abito-da-sposa-pizzo-francesco-scognamiglio/amp

Did you see that Xander and Jacquelyn got married in Italy? They obviously worked very hard to keep every detail away from the eyes of Harry’s creepiest fans. No point in looking through the photos or scanning the text: he’s not in it.

Can you people read? They did not get married in Italy, FFS. It was an Italian-style wedding. That means they had things that were inspired by Italy.

They got married in the U.S. We know that because Harry Edward Styles flew there on Thursday and was back on Sunday.

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George Gershwin at the Piano "Oh, lady be good" (George Shearing) Sheet Music

George Gershwin at the Piano "Oh, lady be good" performed by George Shearing

with Sheet Music Download from our Library.

https://vimeo.com/694346364 "Oh, Lady Be Good!" is a 1924 song by George and Ira Gershwin. It was introduced by Walter Catlett in the Broadway musical Lady, Be Good! written by Guy Bolton, Fred Thompson, and the Gershwin brothers and starring Fred and Adele Astaire. The song was also performed by the chorus in the film Lady Be Good (1941), although the film is unrelated to the musical. Recordings in 1925 were by Paul Whiteman, Carl Fenton, and Cliff Edwards. A 1947 recording of the song became a hit for Ella Fitzgerald, notable for her scat solo. For her album Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959), it was sung as a ballad arranged by Nelson Riddle. Recorded versions

- Rob Agerbeek – Three of a Kind (1998) - Fred Astaire – rec. December 1952 – The Astaire Story - Count Basie – rec. February 4, 1939 (Decca) - Buck and Bubbles – rec. December 26, 1933 (Columbia) - Kenny Burrell - rec. August 25, 1959 - On View at the Five Spot Cafe (Blue Note) - Joe Carroll – The Man with the Happy Sound (1962) - Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards – rec. January 2, 1925 - Carl Fenton and His Orchestra – recorded on December 11, 1924 (Brunswick) - Ella Fitzgerald – with Bob Haggart (1947) - Ella Fitzgerald – rec. 1959 – Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook - Benny Goodman Trio – rec. April 27, 1936 as the B–side of China Boy (Victor) - The Gordons with Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith – rec. April 17, 1957 - Jack Hylton and his Orchestra – rec. March 29, 1926 - Buddy Lee with the Gilt–Edged Four – rec. May 17, 1926 (Columbia) - Charlie Parker and Lester Young for Jazz at the Philharmonic, January 28, 1946 - Dianne Reeves – We All Love Ella: Celebrating the First Lady of Song (2007) - Slim & Slam – rec. May 3, 1938 (Vocalion) - Mel Tormé and Buddy Rich – Together Again: For the First Time (1978) - Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra – rec. December 29, 1924 (Victor) - John Wilson Orchestra– Gershwin in Hollywood, live at the Royal Albert Hall (2016) - Django Reinhardt- Django Reinhardt swing de Paris 4 CD set (2003) See also - List of 1920s jazz standards “When Lester Young played on the second chorus, the jazz world was introduced to another way of playing the tenor saxophone ... Jazz would never be the same.”- Chris Tyle As improvisational vehicles, many songs could not endure the transition from the loose Dixieland style of the “Roaring Twenties” to the smooth, swing sound of the 1930’s. They were dropped from jazz musicians’ catalogs, performances, and recordings and relegated to period collections and specialty bands. There are, however, a handful of songs written in the mid-twenties or earlier that have persisted as the topmost jazz standards: WC Handy’s “St. Louis Blues” (1914); the Ken Casey, Maceo Pinkard, Ben Bernie composition “Sweet Georgia Brown” (1925); and George and Ira Gershwin’s “The Man I Love” (1924) and “Oh, Lady Be Good” (1924). Walter Catlett introduced “Oh, Lady Be Good!” on the stage of the Liberty Theater December 1st 1924. The song was included in the Broadway Musical Lady, Be Good! a popular show that would run for 330 performances. The show starred Fred and Adele Astaire, Walter Catlett, Alan Edwards, Jayne Auburn, Kathlene Martyn, and Cliff Edwards. It opened to generally favorable reviews, with the critics raving about the Astaires’ footwork and the “jazzy” Gershwin score.  In 1925 “Oh, Lady Be Good!” went on to become a pop chart hit three times with Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra (1925, instrumental, #2) Carl Fenton and his Orchestra (1925, instrumental, #9) Cliff Edwards (1925, #13) Lady Be Good was one of several shows in 1924 that represented a significant departure from the romantic operetta style. According to Edward Jablonski’s book Gershwin: A Biography, these pioneering productions were “... brittle in tone, ‘smart,’ characterized by athletic dances, tongue-in-cheek love songs”; in other words, forerunners of the modern musical comedy.

Best site for sheet music download.

“Oh, Lady Be Good!” was one of a dozen songs in the all-Gershwin Broadway score. Also becoming hits were “So Am I,” “Little Jazz Bird,” “The Half of It, Dearie, Blues,” and “Fascinating Rhythm.” Lady Be Good was also a turning point in the career of Cliff Edwards. Edwards’ ukulele rendition of “Fascinating Rhythm” stole the show and would prove to be the beginning of a string of Broadway appearances for him. Read the full article

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A Pictorial History of the World War II Years Edward Jablonski, 1977 Doubleday and Company, US, 1977 Book Club edition — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/ELrIweB

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Today's Map Hating Character is: Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist Requested by his brother

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The Terror: Dark Wonderland Masterpost

Summary

Late Entry for the Terror Big Bang 2020: 

Spring of 1881 - Thomas Jopson, burning with childlike curiosity, pursued a strange rabbit-man into the forest and down the rabbit-hole. He fell to an alleged paradise damned by winter and curses, as he was plagued by the wrecking memories of a dead Prince who bore his face. 

♥ Rated EVE: E for Emotions + Brotherhood, V for Violence + Gore + Badassery in Fantasy World, E for Explicit (rating may change), 200 000+ words. Completed, updated every Sunday (hopefully).

♦ Pairing(s): Edward Little and Thomas Jopson, Solomon Tozer and Robert Jopson, and Tom Hartnell and John Irving. 

Click HERE to listen to Robert Jopson’s voice!

Click HERE for Dark Wonderland’s promotional video!

♣ Read HERE on AO3

♠ Cover art drawn by @vikkicomics​ ! Go check out her other works! All of them are *chef’s kiss* magnificent!

Click HERE for Liam Garrigan talking about AMC’s the Terror! 

Dark Wonderland Map

Map created via Inkarnate. 

Soundtrack 

(Got inspired by these.)

1. Sacrifice by Steve Jablonsky

2. We Have To Go by Steve Jablonsky

3. Purity of Heart by Steve Jablonsky

4. Seglass Ni Tonday by Steve Jablonsky

5. Sir Edmund Burton by Steve Jablonsky

6. The Nutcracker and the Four Realms by L’Orchestra Cinématique

7. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy by Twin Composers

8. Apple Seed + YouSeeBIGGIRL/T:T by Hiroyuki Sawano

9. Main Theme by Daniel Pemberton

10. Devil and the Huntsman by Daniel Pemberton

11. Lady in the Lake by Daniel Pemberton

12. Caoineadh by Christopher Tin

13. In Dream by BGM President

14. Final Boss by Tetsuya Shibata

15. The Kiss by Elliot Goldenthal

16. Adagio and Transfiguration by Elliot Goldenthal

(Hans Zimmer's PotC: At World’s End and Alice: Madness Returns tracks really helped a lot too) 

@theterrorbigbang​, thank you so much!  ♥ i apologize that i took an extremely long time to complete this

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Get Ready for 100 Years of Duncan Public library!

This display has a TON of books relevant to our area and the nation and the world during leading up to Duncan Public Library’s founding in 1921. Get ready for our anniversary programs by brushing up on your history! Click the book title to be taken to a summary page. 

The 46th Star: A History of Oklahoma’s Constitutional Convention and Early Statehood by Irvin Hurst

The 89ers: Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889 by Kathlyn Baldwin

Carbine and Lance: The Story of Old Fort Sill by W.S. Nye

The Chickasaw Rancher by Neil Johnson

Duncan and Stephens County Oklahoma by Chris Jeffries and “Pee Wee” Carey

Eight Seasons of the Herefords: Red Dirt Baseball in Ada by Peter G. Pierce

Get Capone: The Secret Plot that Captured America’s Most Wanted Gangster by Jonathan Eig

Ghost-town Tales of Oklahoma: Unforgettable Stories of Nearly Forgoteen Places by Jim Marion Etter

The Halliburton Story by Dwight K. Smith

It Wasn’t Much: True Tales of Ten Oklahoma Heroes by Jana Hausburg

The Knighted Skies: A Pictoral History of World War I in the Air by Edward Jablonski

The Legend of Halliburton by Jeffrey L. Rodengen

Life at the Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency: The Photographs of Annette Ross Hume

Life of the Marlows: A True Story of Frontier Life of Early Days by William Rathmell

Moments in Oklahoma History: About People, Places, Things, and Events (A book of trivia) by Bonnie Stahlman Speer

Oklahoma Kickoff: An Informal History of the First Twenty-Five Years of Football at the University of Oklahoma by Harold Keith

Oklahoma Landscapes: A Century of Change by T.H. Milby

Oklahoma Scoundrels: History’s Most Notorious Outlaws, Bandits, and Gangsters by Robert B. Smith

The Oklahomans: The Story of Oklahoma and its People by John Dwyer

Prairie City: The Story of an American Community by Angie Debo

Ragtown: A History of the Greater Healdton-Hewitt Oil Field by Kenny Arthur Franks

Railroads in Oklahoma edited by Donovan L. Hofsommer

Red Dirt Baseball: The First Decades by Peter G. Pierce

The Rush Begins: A History of the Red Fork, Cleveland, and Glenn Pool Oil Fields by Kenny Arthur Franks

She Votes: How U.S. Women Won Suffrage, and What Happened Next by Bridget Quinn

Struggles in a New State by Larry A Lewis

Territorians to Boomers: Professional Baseball in Ardmore 1904-1926

Voices of Oklahoma: stories from the oral history website VoicesofOklahoma.com by John Erling

Woodrow Wilson and World War I: A Burden to Great to Bear by Richard Striner

Yanks: The Epic Story of the American Army in World War I by John S.D. Esenhower

And there is--honestly--so many more! We have books covering a lot of Oklahoma history, WWI, Prohibition, The 1918 Flu Epidemic, and more! So check out the apps and our online catalog for even more.

Keep your eyes peeled for posts about Duncan Public Library’s 100 Years!

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here some soulful, enchanted, gloomy, orchestral, fantasy-like original soundtracks that move my soul 

• vanessa’s dream, abel korzeniowski (penny dreadful)

• joan clayton, abel korzeniowski (penny dreadful)

• dreamcatcher, alexandre desplat (new moon)

• lily’s theme, alexandre desplat (harry potter)

• the resurrection stone, alexandre desplat (harry potter)

• glow, antionio pinto (the host)

• soul outside, antionio pinto (the host)

• to know, water, austin wintory (abzu)

• dance of the druids (feat. raya yarbrough), bear mccreary (outlander)

• fallen through time, bear mccreary (outlander)

• the tale of the otter tooth (feat. jaraneh nova), bear mccreary (outlander)

• beverly, benjamin wallfisch (it)

• désir, mon beau désir (quatuor), bruno coulais (genesis)

• le conteur, bruno coulais (genesis)

• norbu, bruno coulais (himalaya)

• la nuit, bruno coulais (himalaya)

• tibet, burkhard dallwitz (the way back)

• submersive, colossal trailer music

• the grand finale, danny elfman (edward scissorhands)

• moon dance, danny elfman (corpse bride)

• alice reprise #5, danny elfman (alice in wonderland)

• wolf suite, pt. 1, danny elfman (the wolfman)

• epilogue, dario marianelli (everest)

• vesper, nicholas dodd & orchestra (casino royale)

• the big blue (overture), eric serra (le grand bleu)

• deep blue dream, eric serra (le grand bleu)

• 7/8 & 11/8, goran bregovic (arizona dream)

• at wit's end, hans zimmer (pirates of the caribbean) 

• calypso, hans zimmer (pirates of the caribbean) 

• mermaids, hans zimmer (pirates of the caribbean)

• elysium, hans zimmer (gladiator)

• honour him, hans zimmer (gladiator)

• now we are free, hans zimmer (gladiator)

• crusaders, harry gregson-williams (kingdom of heaven)

• from western woods to beaversdam, harry gregson-williams (narnia)

• the stone table, harry gregson-williams (narnia)

• aots2m他2, hiroyuki sawano (attack on titan)

• the king of the golden hall, howard shore (lord of the rings)

• evenstar, howard shore (lord of the rings)

• the leave taking, howard shore (lord of the rings)

• the houses of healing (feat. liv tyler), howard shore (lord of the rings)

• the eagles (feat. renée fleming), howard shore (lord of the rings)

• feast of starlight, howard shore (the hobbit)

• jake's first flight, james horner (avatar)

• shutting down grace's lab, james horner (avatar)

• healing ceremony, james horner (avatar)

• main title, james horner (patriot games)

• fairy dance, james newton howard (peter pan)

• central park, james newton howard (king kong)

• solomon vandy, james newton howard (blood diamond)

• leta's flashback, james newton howard (the crimes of grindelwald)

• leta's confession, james newton howard (the crimes of grindelwald)

• wands into the earth, james newton howard (the crimes of grindelwald)

• ezio's family, jesper kyd (assassin’s creed)

• nausicaä ost, joe hisaishi (nausicaa of the valley of the wind)

• sheeta’s decision, joe hisaishi (castle in the sky)

• the sixth station, joe hisaishi (spirited away)

• day of the river, joe hisaishi (spirited away)

• a game of croquet, jóhann jóhannsson (the theory of everything)

• adagio in d minor, john murphy (sunshine)

• waiting in the rain, john paesano (the maze runner)

• teresa's plea, john paesano (the death cure)

• flying with mother, john powell (how to train your dragon)

• buckbeak's flight, john williams (harry potter)

• nightstalker, kenji kawai (ghost in the shell (anime))

• the girl, laurent perez del mar (la torture rouge)

• l’au revoir, laurent perez del mar (la torture rouge)

• ancestral plane, ludwig göransson (black panther)

• old man logan, marco beltrami (logan)

• dona nobis pacem 2, max richter (the leftovers)

• main title, nathan barr (carnival row)

• scripture and a meal, nathan barr (carnival row)

• hope and weakness, nathan barr (carnival row)

• fatherly familiarity, nathan barr (carnival row)

• another story, nicholas hooper (harry potter 5)

• in noctem, nicholas hooper (harry potter 6)

• when ginny kissed harry, nicholas hooper (harry potter 6)

• dumbledore's farewell, nicholas hooper (harry potter 6)

• perseus, ramin djawadi (clash of the titans)

• pegasus, ramin djawadi (clash of the titans)

• the best of both, ramin djawadi (clash of the titans)

• opar, rupert gregson-williams & zoe mthiyane (the legend of tarzan)

• elephants In the night, rupert gregson-williams (the legend of tarzan)

• infinite white, steve jablonsky (transformers)

• henry & anne conceive a son, trevor morris (the tudors)

• anne dreams of her childhood, trevor morris (the tudors)

• dancing in the rain, trevor morris (the tudors)

• ragnar says goodbye to gyda, trevor morris (vikings)

• reunion and final rest, trevor morris (vikings)

• death of a legend, trevor morris (vikings)

• man of the world, yasuharu takanashi (naruto)

• hurricane suite, yasuharu takanashi (naruto)

• loneliness, masuda toshio (naruto)

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All was not well there when they arrived, those who were fortunate to make it. No real arrangements were made to house the air crews nor to service the planes. "Strangely enough," Crosby recalls, "my worst memories are not of the incessant beating that the 100th took; instead I remember an incident that happened while we were in North Africa. The mission was so fouled up with poor coordination between the 8th and 12th Air Forces that when we got to North Africa (at Berteaux and Telegerma), the only detachments that were there were a finance corps and some postal clerks. As a result, someone pumped 2780 gallons of kerosene into our B-17 wing tanks thinking it was high-test gasoline. We had to pump a hand apparatus for about fifty-six straight hours before we finally got the kerosene out of our tanks."

— an excerpt from Edward Jablonski’s 1965 book titled Flying Fortress : the illustrated biography of the B-17s and the men who flew them

[peppermintstranger]

Hello Pepper! I’m making a family for a book of mine and jacquelyn jablonski is the main character I need help finding a fc for her father who’s in his 50s-60s, her older brother who’s in his 30s and her little brother who is 7-8 they also are a French family who are hunters. Hope you are doing well☺️

Hello!

· Father: Aidan Gillen, Liam Cunningham, Ralph Fiennes, Edward Norton, Jason Isaacs.

· Older brother: Keegan Allen, Nicholas Hoult, Rob Raco, Chris Wood, Nathan Parsons, Christian Cooke.

· Little brother: Jacob Tremblay, Cameron Crovetti, Iain Armitage, Roman Griffin Davis.

Hope it helps c:

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Two Polish historians are facing a libel trial for a scholarly examination of Polish behavior during World War II, a case whose outcome is expected to determine the fate of independent Holocaust research under Poland’s nationalist government.

A verdict is expected in Warsaw's district court on Feb. 9 in the case against Jan Grabowski and Barbara Engelking, historians with the Polish Center for Holocaust Research in Warsaw.

It is the first major legal test in the wake of a 2018 law that makes it a crime to falsely accuse the Polish nation of crimes committed by Nazi Germany. The law caused a major diplomatic spat with Israel.

Since it won power in 2015, the conservative ruling party, Law and Justice, has sought to discourage investigations into Polish wrongdoing during the wartime German occupation, preferring instead to almost exclusively stress Polish heroism and suffering. The aim is to promote national pride — but critics say the government has been whitewashing the fact that some Poles also collaborated in the German murder of Jews.

The Israeli Holocaust museum Yad Vashem said the legal effort “constitutes a serious attack on free and open research.”

A number of other historical institutions have condemned the case as the verdict nears, with the Paris-based Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah describing it Tuesday as a “witch hunt” and a “pernicious invasion into the very heart of research.”

The case centers on a 1,600-page, two-volume historical work in Polish, “Night Without End: The Fate of Jews in Selected Counties of Occupied Poland,” which was co-edited by Grabowski and Engelking. An abridged English version is due to be published in a few months.

Grabowski and Engelking say they see the case as an attempt to discredit them personally and to discourage other researchers from investigating the truth about the extermination of Jews in Poland.

“This is a case of the Polish state against freedom of research,” Grabowski told The Associated Press on Monday.

Grabowski, a Polish-Canadian who is also a professor at the University of Ottawa and whose father was a Polish Holocaust survivor, has faced considerable anti-Semitic harassment by nationalists, both online and at lectures in Canada, France and elsewhere.

The niece of a man in the village of Malinowo, whose wartime behavior is briefly mentioned, is suing Grabowski and Engelking, demanding 100,000 zlotys ($27,000) in damages and an apology in newspapers.

According to evidence presented in the book, Edward Malinowski, an elder in the village, allowed a Jewish woman to survive by helping her pass as a non-Jew. But the survivor is also quoted as saying that he was an accomplice in the deaths of several dozen Jews.

The niece, Filomena Leszczynska, has been backed by a group, the Polish League Against Defamation, which receives funding from the Polish government.

That organization argued that the two scholars are guilty of “defiling the good name" of a Polish hero, whom they claim had no role in harming Jews, and by extension harming the dignity and pride of all Poles. The lawsuit was filed in court free of charge as allowed under the 2018 law.

Mark Weitzman, director of government affairs for the Simon Wiesenthal Center, called “Night Without End” a "meticulously researched and sourced book ... that details thousands of cases of complicity by Poles in the murder of Jews during the Holocaust."

“The proceedings against these two scholars of international repute are nothing more than an attempt to use the legal system to muzzle and intimidate scholarship on the Holocaust in Poland," Weitzman said.

Germany occupied Poland in 1939, annexing part of it to Germany and directly governing the rest. Unlike other countries occupied by Germany, there was no collaborationist government in Poland. The pre-war Polish government and military fled into exile, except for an underground resistance army that fought the Nazis inside the country.

Yet some people in Poland collaborated with the Germans in hunting down and killing Jews, in many cases people who had fled ghettos and sought to hide in the countryside.

Grabowski said “Night Without End” is “multi-faceted, and it talks about Polish virtue just as much. It paints a truthful picture.”

“The Holocaust is not here to help the Polish ego and morale, it’s a drama involving the death of 6 million people — which seems to be forgotten by the nationalists,” he said.

A deputy foreign minister, Pawel Jablonski, described the case as a private matter.

“It is everyone’s legal right to seek such a remedy before (a) court if they feel that their rights have been infringed by (another) person or entity," Jablonski told the AP in an statement Monday. "The government is not involved in the proceedings, it is a private matter to be decided by the court.”

Yet those who fear that the case could stifle independent research take a different view.

“The involvement in this trial of an organization heavily subsidized with public funds can be easily construed as a form of censorship and an attempt to frighten scholars away from publishing the results of their research out of fear of a lawsuit and the ensuing costly litigation,” said Zygmunt Stepinski, director of the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw.

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A Pictorial History of the World War I Years Edward Jablonski, 1979 Doubleday and Company, US, 1979 Book Club edition — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/yruS56D

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Jewish Music

What Is Jewish Music?

Jewish music can be studied from many diversified points of view. Among them historical, liturgical and non-liturgical music of the Hebrews dating from the pre-Biblical times (Pharaonic Egypt); religious music at the first and second Solomon's Temples; musical activities immediately following the Exodus; the seemingly impoverished religious musical activities during the early middle ages; the emergence of the concept of Jewish Music in the mid-19th century; its nation-oriented sense as coined by the landmark book Jewish Music in its Historical Development (1929) by A. Z. Idelsohn (1882-1938) and finally as the art and popular music of Israel.

Early emergences of Jewish musical themes and of what may be called "the idea of being Jew" in European music can be first seen in the works of Salamone Rossi (1570-1630). Following that they appear somewhat shaded in the works of the grandson of the well known Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn(1729-1786): Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847).

Fromental Halevy's (1799-1862) opera La Juive and its occasional use of some Jewish themes is opposed to the lack of "anything Jew" in his almost contemporary fellow composer Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) who was actually Jew and grew up in straight Jewish tradition.

Interestingly the St. Petersburg Society for Jewish Music led by the composer-critic Joel Engel (1868-1927) reports on how they discovered their Jewish roots. They were inspired by the Nationalistic movement in the Russian Music personified by Rimsky-Korsakov, Cesar Cui and others, and records how set out to the Shtetls and meticulously recorded and transcribed thousands of Yiddish folksongs.

Ernst Bloch's (1880-1959) Schelomo for cello and orchestra and specially the Sacred Service for orchestra, choir and soloists are attempts to create a "Jewish Requiem".

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968)'s Sephardic upbringings and their influences on his music as they appear in his Second Violin Concerto and in many of his songs and choral works; cantatas Naomi and Ruth, Queen of Shiba and in the oratorio The Book of Jonah among others are worth noting as well.

Many scholars did not missed the Synagogue motives and melodies borrowed by George Gershwin in his Porgy and Bess. Gershwin biographer Edward Jablonski has claimed that the melody to "It Ain't Necessarily So" was taken from the Haftarah blessing and others have attributed it to the Torah blessing.

In Gershwin's some 800 songs, allusions to Jewish music have been detected by other observers as well. One musicologist detected "an uncanny resemblance" between the folk tune "Havenu Shalom Aleichem" and the spiritual "It Take a Long Pull to Get There".

Most notcied contemporary Israeli composers are Chaya Czernowin, Betty Olivera, Tsippi Fleisher, Mark Kopytman, Yitzhak Yedid.

There are also very important works by non-Jew composers in the Jewish music. chrisbitten Maurice Ravel with his Kaddish for violin and piano based on a traditional liturgical melody and Max Bruch's famous arrangement of the Yom Kippur prayer Kol Nidrei for cello and orchestra are among the best known.

Sergei Prokofieff's Overture sur des Themes Juives for string quartet, piano and clarinet clearly displays its inspirational sources in non-religious Jewish music. The melodic, modal, rhythmical materials and the use of the clarinet as a leading melodic instrument is a very typical sound in folk and non-religious Jewish music.

Dmitri Shostakovich was deeply influenced by Jewish music as well. This can be seen in many of his compositions, most notably in the song cycle From Jewish Folk Poetry, and in the Second Piano Trio. However his most outstanding contribution to the Jewish culture is without doubt the 13th. Symphony "Babi Yar".

How Many Jewish Musics?

The world-wide dispersion of the Jews following the Exodus and its three main communities create the basic kayout of the world-wide Jewish music. Those communities in their geographical dispersion covering all continents and their unique relations with local communities have given birth to various kinds of music as well as languages and customs.

Following the exile, according to geographical settlements, Jews formed three main branches: Ashkenazi, Sephardi and Mizrahi.

Roughly they are located as follows: Ashkenazi in Eastern and Western Europe, the Balkans, (to a lesser extend) in Turkey and Greece; Sephardi in Spain, Maroc, North Africa and later in the Ottoman Empire (Turkey); Mizrahi in Lebanon, Syria, East Asia, Iraq, Yemen, Egypt.

The music of those communities naturally entered into contact with local traditions and evolved accordingly.

Ashkenazi and the Klezmer

"Ashkenazi" refers to Jews who in the 9.th century started to settle on the banks of the Rhine. Today the term "Ashkenazi" designate most of the European and Western Jews.

Besides the Hebrew, Yiddish is commonly used in speech and songs.

The traditional Ashkenazi music, originated in Eastern Europe, moved to all directions from there and created the main branch of Jewish Music in North America. It includes the famous Klezmer music. Klezmer means "instruments of song", from the Hebrew word klei zemer. The word come to designate the musician himself and it is somehow analogous to the European troubadour.

Klezmer is a very popular genre which can be seen in Hasidic and Ashkenazic Judaism, it is however deeply connected with the Ashkenazi tradition.

Around the 15th century, a tradition of secular Jewish music was developed by musicians called kleyzmorim or kleyzmerim. They draw on devotional traditions extending back into Biblical times, and their musical legacy of klezmer continues to evolve today. The repertoire is largely dance songs for weddings and other celebrations. Due to the Ashkenazi lineage of this music, the lyrics, terminology and song titles are typically in Yiddish.

Originally naming the musicians themselves in mid-20th Century the word started to identify a musical genre, it is also sometimes referred to as "Yiddish" music.

Sephardi

"Sephardi" literally means Spanish, and designate Jews from mainly Spain but also North Africa, Greece and Egypt.

Following the expulsion of all non-Christians, forced to convert to Christianism or to the exile in 1492, the very rich, cultivated and fruitful Jewish culture existing in Spain has migrated massively into the Ottoman Empire formed the main brach of Jews living currently in Turkey.

Their language besides the Hebrew is called Ladino. Ladino is a 15th. century of Spanish. Much of their musical repertoire is in that language. The Sephardi music mixes many elements from traditional Arab, North African, Turkish idioms.

In medieval Spain, "canciones" being performed at the royal courts constitued the basis of the Sephardic music.

Spiritual, ceremonial and entertainment songs all coexists in Sephardic music. Lyrics are generally Hebrew for religious songs and Ladino for others.

The genre in its spread to North Africa, Turkey, Greece, the Balkans and Egypt assimilated many musical elements. Including the North African high-pitched, extended ululations; Balkan rhythms, for instance in 9/8 time; and the Turkish maqam modes.

Woman voice is often preferred while the instruments included the "oud" and "qanun" which are not traditionally Jewish instruments.

Some popular Sephardic music has been released as commercial recordings in the early 20th Century. Among the first popular singers of the genre were men and included the Turks Jack Mayesh, Haim Efendi and Yitzhak Algazi. Later, a new generation of singers arose, many of whom were not themselves Sephardic. Gloria Levy, Pasharos Sefardíes and Flory Jagoda.

Mizrahi

"Mizrahi" means Eastern and refers to Jews of Eastern Mediterranean and further to the East.

The music also mixes local traditions. Actually a very "eastern flavored" musical tradition which encompasses Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and as east as India.

Middle Eastern percussion instruments share an important part with the violin in typical Mizrahi songs. The music is usually high pitched in general.

In Israel today Mizrahi music is very popular.

A "Muzika Mizrahit" movement emerged in the 1950s. Mostly with with performers from the ethnic neighborhoods of Israel: the Yemenite "Kerem HaTemanim" neighborhood of Tel Aviv, Moroccan, Iranian and Iraqi immigrants - who played at weddings and other events.

Songs were performed in Hebrew but with a clear Arabic style on traditional Arabic instruments: the "Oud", the "Kanun", and the "darbuka".

Classic Hebrew literature, including liturgical texts and poems by medieval Hebrew poets constitued the main source of lyrics.

Music in Jewish Liturgy

There are a wide collection of, sometimes conflicting, writings on all aspects of using music in the Judaic liturgy. The most agreed-upon facts are that the women voice should be excluded from religious ceremony and the usage of musical instruments should be banned in Synagogue service.

However some Rabbinical authorities soften those straight positions but not regarding the exclusion of the female voice. In weddings, for instance, the Talmudic statement "to gladden the groom and bride with music" can be seen as a way to allow making instrumental and non-religious music at the weddings but this was probably to be done outside the Synagogue.

The very influential writings of the Spanish Rabbi, also a physician and philosopher, Maimonides (1135-1204) on one hand opposed harshly against all form of music not totally at the service of religious worship and on the other hand recommended instrumental music for its healing powers.

Healing powers and mysterious formul hidden inside musical scores was commonly sought after in music scores during middle-ages, renaissance and pre-Baroque epochs. Interestingly, in a recently published fiction novel "Imprimatur" by the musicologist Rita Monaldi and co-author Francesco Solti the whole plot is built-up around a composition of Salomone Rossi (1570-1630), an important Jewish composer.

Jewish mystical treatises, like the Kabbala, particularly since the 13th. century often deal with ethical, magical and therapeutic powers of music. The enhancement of the religious experience with music, particularly with singing is expressed in many places.

Even though there is no unified position concerning music in the Jewish thought a common main ideas seems to emerge: that the music is the authentic expression of human feelings in religious and secular life.

Mehmet Okonsar is a pianist-composer-conductor and musicologist. He is educated in the Brussels Royal Conservatory. He currently lives in Ankara, Turkey. Mehmet Okonsar is an internationally acknowned concert pianist and composer.He is offering highly eclectic concert programs but refuses all the so-called "specializations." He manages his career and runs his own publishing and CD companies.

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My Halloween Playlist

Another blog did a post with their Halloween music playlist. I commented and they replied, asking me to share mine. It took a bit to get the list from iTunes, but here is what I am at, currently. (I am always looking for more!)

1 Witch Doctor - Alvin and the Chipmunks 2 Drac's Back - Andy Forray 3 The Rockin' Ghost -Archie Bleyer 4 Zombies - The Astro 5 Devil In My Car - The B-52's 6 The Monster Hop - Bert Convy 7 The Night Before Halloween - Bill Buchanan 8 Wombie Zombie - Billy Taylor 9 Release The Bats - The Birthday Party 10 Born on a Day the Sun Didn't Rise - Black Moth Super Rainbow 11 Oliver Haddo - Blood Ceremony 12 Monster Mash - Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers 13 The Monster Swim - Bobby (Boris) Pickett And The Crypt Kickers 14 Vampira - Halloween Howls Bobby Bare 15 They're Here - Boots Walker 16 Monster Mash - Monster Hits Vol. 1 Boris Pickett & The Crypt Keepers 17 Screaming - The Brains 18 The Ghost Of Smokey Joe - Cab Calloway 19 Violet Hellfire - Calabrese 20 cthlu thlu - Caravan 21 The Skeleton Dance - Cark Stalling 22 Don't Meet Mr. Frankenstein - Carlos Casal, Jr. 23 Dracula - Christine Pilzer 24 Devil Woman - Cliff Richard 25 The Twilight Zone - Monster Hits Vol. 1 Constant, Marius 26 Blood Will Have Blood - Corpusse 27 Treat You Like A Lady - Count Floyd (Joe Flaherty) 28 I Was A Teenage Werewolf - The Cramps 29 Rockin' Bones - The Cramps 30 Crushed - The Crypt Club 31 Frankenstein Twist - The Crystals 32 Grimly Fiendish - The Damned 33 Frankenstein Conquers The World - Daniel Johnston And Jad Fair 34 Shhh... - The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets 35 Mad Witch - Dave Gardner 36 Trick Or Treat - David, Hoffman And Livington 37 It's Monster Surfing Time - The Deadly Ones 38 The Voodoo Man - The Del-Vikings 39 Horror Movies - Dickie Goodman 40 Zombie Stomp - Elvira, Mistress of the Dark 41 Mad Monster Party - Ethel Ennis 42 Halloween Remix - Exorcist Theme - The Exorcist Motion Picture Soundtrack 43 Tubular Bells - The Exorcist Theme 44 Graveyard Music - F. Xavier Atencio And Buddy Baker 45 Grim Grinning Ghosts - F. Xavier Atencio And Buddy Baker 46 I'm A Mummy - The Fall 47 Me And The Ghost Upstairs - Fred Astaire 48 The Cave (Part One) - Gary "Spider" Webb 49 Werewolf - Gary Warren 50 The Surf Monster - Gene Moss 51 Carry Me Back To Transylvania - Gene Moss 52 Ghastly Stomp - The Ghastly Ones 53 Goblin Dance - Ghostly Sounds (Gershon Kingsley & Pete… 54 The Graveyard Shift - The Ghouls 55 Night Gallery - Gil Melle And Edward Sauter 56 Spook City U.S.A. - Glenn Danzig 57 The Twilight Zone '85 Main Title - The Grateful Dead And Merl Saunders 58 Zombies, March! - GWAR 59 Omar The Vampire - The Hamburger Brothers 60 The Vampire Lovers - Harry Robinson 61 Blood Of Dracula - I was A Teenage Frankenstein 62 Midnight Monsters Hop - Jack And Jim 63 The Monsters Go Disco - Monster Cereals Jeff Elmassian 64 Unpleasantville - Jeremy Tyler 65 Vampire Daddy - Jerry Bryan 66 Ave Satani - Jerry Goldsmith 67 The Altar - Jerry Goldsmith 68 Carol Ann's Theme (End Title) - Jerry Goldsmith 69 Toccata And Fugue In D-Minor - Monster Hits Vol. 1 Johann Sebastian Bach 70 Halloween Theme - Main Title - John Carpenter 71 The Fog (main Theme) - John Carpenter 72 Opening Titles - John Carpenter 73 Wake Up - John Carpenter 74 Happy Halloween - John Zacherle 75 Halloween - Kay Lande & Wade Denning 76 The Headless Horseman - Kay Starr 77 Wicked Annabella - The Kinks 78 She's My Witch - Kip Tyler 79 You Can't Give Me Anything - Kreeps 80 Halloween Spooks - Lambert, Hendricks And Ross 81 The Mummy's Bracelet - Lee Ross 82 Graveyard - Leroy Bowman 83 Story Time   84 Shaking Things Up 85 Welcome To Unpleasantville 86 Man Meets Monster 87 Pumpkin Brain Pie 88 All Out Of Homes 89 The O'lantern's 90 Smashing Pumpkins 91 Spider Baby Theme - Spider Baby Soundtrack Lon Chaney Jr 92 The Boogeyman is Coming - Halloween Lonnie Elam 93 Wolf Call - lord dent and his invaders 94 Jinetes En El Cielo - Los Babys 95 Amytiville - Lovebug Starski 96 Out Of Limits - The Marketts 97 Zombie - Mecht Mensch 98 13 O'Clock Rock - The Memphis Morticians 99 Return Of The Fly - Misfits 100 Ghoul's Night Out - The Misfits 101 The Spider And The Fly - The Monocles 102 Night Of The Vampire - The Moontrekkers 103 The Haunted Strangler - Movie Advert 104 Horror Of Dracula - Movie Advert 105 I Was A Teenage Werewolf - Movie Advert 106 The Mummy - Movie Advert 107 At The Munsters - The Munsters 108 The Haunted House - New Mayfair Dance Orchestra 109 Can't Stop the Monster Kids - The Other 110 Clinkerated Chimes - Pat Bone 111 Phantasm Theme - Phantasm Motion Picture Soundtrack 112 The House on Shady Lane - The House on Shady Lane Plain White T’s 113 A Questionable Obsession with the Recen… RAMMER 114 The Witch Queen Of New Orleans - Redbone 115 The House On Sorority Row - Main Title - Richard Band 116 Prologue / Main Title - Richard Band 117 Re-Animator Theme Reprise - Richard Band 118 Dark Shadows - The Robert Cobert Orchestra 119 The Night Of The Vampire - Roky Erickson 120 I Walked With A Zombie - Roky Erickson And The Aliens 121 Halloween Remix - Miscellaneous Ronald Jenkees 122 Goo Goo Muck - Ronnie Cook And The Gaylads 123 Kill Murder Killers 124 Zombies of the Dead 125 Day of the Rocks 126 Murder on the Gondola 127 Ghoulash - Satan's Pilgrims 128 She's Fallen In Love With A Monster Man - Screaming Lord Sutch 129 Jack the Ripper - Screaming Lord Sutch 130 Jack The Ripper - Screaming Lord Sutch 131 It's Halloween - The Shaggs 132 It Counquered The World - The She Creature 133 The Purple People Eater - Monster Hits Vol. 1 Sheb Wooley 134 Birthday - So Sick Social Club feat. Madchild 135 Suck Me - Spooklight feat. Ryan Lindsey 136 The Spook Walks - Spooks 137 Tongue Sandwich (Water Creature Remix) - Squid Lid 138 Jump Rope - Steve Jablonsky 139 Main Title - Steve Jablonsky 140 Ghost Rider - Suicide 141 Graveyard Rock - Tarantula Ghoul And Her Gravediggers 142 Get Up and Kill - The Creeping Cruds 143 Monster - The Mission Creeps 144 Phantom Chop - The von Drats 145 Wrong Turn - The Young Werewolves 146 Danny's Inferno - The Three Suns 147 The Ghost And Mr. Chicken - The Tiki Tones 148 Bad Ritual - Timber Timbre 149 I'm A Ghost - Unknown Artist 150 Snickers Halloween Grocery Store - Halloween Various Artists 151 Nightmare on My Street - Various Artists 152 At the House of Frankenstein - Various Artists 153 Creature Feature - Various Artists 154 The Day The Earth Stood Still - Various Artists 155 Halloween Spooks - Various Artists 156 The Headless Horseman - Various Artists 157 Monster Holiday - Various Artists 158 Trick Or Treat - Various Artists 159 The Fourth Dimension - The Ventures 160 Haunted House of Rock (extended version) - whodini 161 Opening Titles Friday the 13th: The Series - Fred Mollin 162 Love Potion No. 9 - The Clovers 163 Mr. Sandman - The Chordettes 164 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Theme 165 - Hellraiser - Christopher Young 166 - Tales from the Crypt - Danny Elfman 167 - Beetlejuice - Danny Elfman 168 - Edward Scissorhands - Danny Elfman 169 - The Outer Limits - Dominic Frontiere 170 - Tales From the Darkside - Donald Rubenstein 171 - Forever Knight - Fred Mollin 172 - Friday the 13th: The Series - Fred Mollin 173 - Beyond Reality - Fred Mollin 174 - The Odyssey - Fred Mollin 175 - Opening Titles - Friday the 13th: The Series - Fred Mollin 176 - 'The Inheritance': Thunderstorm In The City/'Tails I Live, Heads You Die': The Graveyard... 177 - Suite From 'The Barons Bride': I. Micki's Trance/II. The Vampire's Lair/III. Ryan Says Goodbye... 178 - Suite From 'Badge Of Honor': I. The Deal/II. Micki And Tim/III. Sharko Alone/The Badge Revealed... 179 - 'Tails I Live, Heads You Die': The Death Of Micki 180 - 'Symphony In B Sharp': I. Ryan Chases The Phantom/II. The Death Of Leslie/III. The Fight To... 181 - Suite From 'Brain Drain': I. Jack And Vi/II. Real Love/III. Jack Mourns Vi 182 -  'Eye Of Death': I. The Letter/The Troops Retreat/II. More Retreat 183 -  Suite From 'What A Mother Wouldn't Do': I. The Cradle Revealed/Mom And Louis/II. Mom And The Baby... 184 - 'The Electrocutioner': I. In The Basement 185 -  Suite From 'The Playhouse': I. The Children's Theme/II. The Playhouse Transports The Children... 186 - Suite From 'Wedding In Black' And 'Bottle Of Dreams': I. The Castle/II. Calvin And Micki/... 187 - 'Bottle Of Dreams': I. The End Of A Year 188 - Friday The 13th-The Series: Closing Credits 189 -Friday the 13th - Main Theme 190 - Friday the 13th - Theme 191 - Kolchak: The Night Stalker - Gil Melle 192 - Night Gallery -  Gilbert Melle 193 - Suspiria - Goblin 194 - Theme from Friday the 13th - The Horror Theme 195 - Friday the 13th (the Legacy) - The Horror Theme 196 - The Fly - Howard Shore 197 - Videodrome - Howard Shore 198 - The Outer Limits (1995) - J. Van Tongeren 199 - The Omen - Jerry Goldsmith 200 - Poltergeist - Jerry Goldsmith 201 - Halloween - John Carpenter 202 - Theme Music (Original) - John Carpenter 203 - Theme (From Halloween) - John Carpenter 204 - Theme to Jaws - John Williams 205 - Dead, Dead, Dead - Juan Schwartz and 206 - The Twilight Zone - Marius Constant 207 - Nowhere Man - Mark Snow 208 - The X-Files - Mark Snow 209 - Scooby Doo, Where Are You? - Matthew Sweet 210 - Dark Shadows Theme - R. Corbet 211 - Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr. 212 - Dracula: The Series - Robert Cobert 213 - The Addams Family - various 214 - Bewitched - various 215 - The Twilight Zone - various 216 - Main Theme from The Addams Family - Vic Mizzy 217 - Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon 218 - In Search Of... - various 219 - Tales from the Darkside Intro

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White on White restoration causes 'the artist's work to shine'

If Elizabeth Jablonski does her work properly, no one will ever see it.

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