Author: Jonathan L. Friedmann

Songs of Sonderling is the story of Jacob Sonderling's unique contributions to Jewish liturgical music. Rabbi Sonderling was many things: a descend...

Throughout history, music has been a fixture of Jewish religious life. Musical references appear in biblical accounts of the Red Sea crossing an...

Music in the Hebrew Bible investigates musical citations in the Hebrew Bible and their relevance for our times. Most biblical musical references...

William Sharlin (1920-2012) was a cantor, synagogue composer, teacher and musicologist. Raised in an Orthodox household, he turned toward Univer...

Music was integral to the daily life of ancient Israel. It accompanied activities as diverse as manual labor and royal processionals. At key jun...

Music research has entered something of a Golden Age. Technological advances and scholarly inquiry have merged in interdisciplinary studies--dra...