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ITEM — lp: AWM LP 8319 Identifier: AWM Spec Coll 96

Pizmon [commercial release], 1985 Digital

Dates

  • Creation: 1985

Language of Materials

Materials in the collection are in Hebrew, Arabic and English.

Conditions Governing Access

Permission to use this collection must be requested from Professor Kay Kaufman Shelemay, Music Department, Harvard University. To request access, navigate to the "COLLECTION INVENTORY" tab of this finding aid to add individual items to your request list.

Extent

1 collection (Sound recordings: 96 audio cassettes, 6 compact discs and one long-playing vinyl disc; one book; two 3.5-inch floppy diskettes.)

Physical Location

Harvard Depository.

General note

The following recordings were commercially released by the Meadowlark label (distributed by Shanachie) on the LP, Pizmon. The recording features vocal and instrumental performances by members of the Syrian-Jewish community of Brooklyn, NY. These include vocals by Moses and David Tawil, Isaac Cabasso, Hyman Kaire and Joseph Saff; Moses Massry on violin; Louis Massry and Joseph Catton on ūd; and Ezra Ashkenazi on darbekka. Recordings were produced with the active cooperation and support of the Sephardic Archives, Brooklyn, N.Y. Liner notes were written by Kay Kaufman Shelemay, Sarah Weiss, and Geoffrey Goldberg.

Repository Details

Part of the Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library Repository

The Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library is the primary repository of musical materials at Harvard. The Music Library’s collecting mission is to serve music teaching and research programs in the Music Department and throughout the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. In addition, it supports the musical needs of the broader Harvard community as well as an international scholarly constituency. We collect books, musical scores, serial titles, sound recordings and video formats, microforms, and rare and archival materials that support research in a wide variety of musical disciplines including historical musicology, music theory, ethnomusicology, composition, and historically informed performance practice, as well as interdisciplinary areas related to music. The special collections include archival collections from the 19th, 20th and 21st century.

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