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We Need YOUR
Songs and Stories
Share melodies and anecdotes from your family's past.
See your contribution preserved for posterity.
If you recognise any of the unusual melodies on this site, please contact us
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About
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Reflections
will create an anthology of Zmirot
(table songs), Seder
(Passover) melodies and Other Melodies of particular interest from individuals and families in the Jewish
community in Britain. It will examine the origin and journey of
these songs through the generations, building a social history and
geography of the Jewish community through its music.
Over the next three years the material collected will appear on
this website and ultimately will be published as an archive of CDs,
sheet music and text.
There is a wealth of Jewish musical material, much of it tied up
with personal histories, which has been passed down through families.
Many songs have changed from their original versions and most of
these changes have never been documented.
There is a growing interest in aspects of Judaism, for example Kabbalah,
and also in all kinds of authentic ‘ethnic’ music, for
example Klezmer. There is also clearly
a general popular interest in the lives and stories of other people!
This project will be of benefit to students of music, of Judaism,
of social history and geography and will also be an essential tool
for those planning to convert to Judaism. In addition it will enhance
the lives of people in the Jewish community by enabling them to
access a musical tradition of singing at home which goes back thousands
of years. It may also be of therapeutic benefit to some of the interviewees,
especially older immigrants and Holocaust survivors.
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