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    Lecture by Dr. Diana Matut on Yiddish Song in Early Modern Ashkenaz (c. 1500-1750): Sources, Repertoire, Performance Monday, September 25, 2017 5:30 pm-7:00 pm The Magnes Collection 2121 Allston Way Berkeley, CA 94720 Yiddish Song in Early Modern Ashkenaz (c. 1500-1750): Sources, Repertoire, Performance The Ashkenazim (Jews of Central and Eastern Europe) have been singing in Yiddish since the Middle Ages. Their historical song repertoires were very different from today's Yiddish songs. Diana Matut's lecture will explore the world of Renaissance and Baroque Yiddish song, and answer a set of specific research questions, such as: What did the Jews of Kraków, Amsterdam, Prague and Frankfurt sing about? Where did their melodies originate, and can they be reconstructed today? Through literary and musical examples, the lecture will also investigate how Jewish and Christian authorities reacted to the texts and melodies of early Yiddish songs, and give a special emphasis to women's singing activities, and female vocal repertoires. Diana Matut, PhD, is a lecturer in Jewish Studies at the University Halle-Wittenberg (Germany). After studying Jewish and Semitic Studies at Halle, she earned a Diploma in Hebrew and Jewish Studies at Oxford University, followed by an MA in Yiddish Studies at SOAS, London. She participated in the Advanced Seminar for Yiddish Studies at JTS – taught in Yiddish. Today, Diana regularly teaches and lectures at universities in Europe and in Israel. Outside of her academic career, Diana is a singer and leader of the band Simkhat Hanefesh (Joy of the Soul), which performs Jewish music and Yiddish songs of the Renaissance and Baroque period. She teaches old Yiddish song and children’s song workshops at Yiddish Summer Weimar and Klekanada and has produced several CDs (e.g. Far dem nayem dor – For the New Generation; simkhat hanefesh - Early Yiddish Music). www.simkhat-hanefesh.com and http://yiddishsummer.eu/de/. Co-sponsored by: The Center for Jewish Studies, The Music Department, and GHI West - Pacific Regional Office of the German Historical Institute Washington DC

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    Lecture by Dr. Diana Matut on Yiddish Song in Early Modern Ashkenaz (c. 1500-1750): Sources, Repertoire, Performance Monday, September 25, 2017 5:30 pm-7:00 pm The Magnes Collection 2121 Allston Way Berkeley, CA 94720 Yiddish Song in Early Modern Ashkenaz (c. 1500-1750): Sources, Repertoire, Performance The Ashkenazim (Jews of Central and Eastern Europe) have been singing in Yiddish since the Middle Ages. Their historical song repertoires were very different from today's Yiddish songs. Diana Matut's lecture will explore the world of Renaissance and Baroque Yiddish song, and answer a set of specific research questions, such as: What did the Jews of Kraków, Amsterdam, Prague and Frankfurt sing about? Where did their melodies originate, and can they be reconstructed today? Through literary and musical examples, the lecture will also investigate how Jewish and Christian authorities reacted to the texts and melodies of early Yiddish songs, and give a special emphasis to women's singing activities, and female vocal repertoires. Diana Matut, PhD, is a lecturer in Jewish Studies at the University Halle-Wittenberg (Germany). After studying Jewish and Semitic Studies at Halle, she earned a Diploma in Hebrew and Jewish Studies at Oxford University, followed by an MA in Yiddish Studies at SOAS, London. She participated in the Advanced Seminar for Yiddish Studies at JTS – taught in Yiddish. Today, Diana regularly teaches and lectures at universities in Europe and in Israel. Outside of her academic career, Diana is a singer and leader of the band Simkhat Hanefesh (Joy of the Soul), which performs Jewish music and Yiddish songs of the Renaissance and Baroque period. She teaches old Yiddish song and children’s song workshops at Yiddish Summer Weimar and Klekanada and has produced several CDs (e.g. Far dem nayem dor – For the New Generation; simkhat hanefesh - Early Yiddish Music). www.simkhat-hanefesh.com and http://yiddishsummer.eu/de/. Co-sponsored by: The Center for Jewish Studies, The Music Department, and GHI West - Pacific Regional Office of the German Historical Institute Washington DC

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    Lecture by Dr. Diana Matut on Yiddish Song in Early Modern Ashkenaz (c. 1500-1750): Sources, Repertoire, Performance Monday, September 25, 2017 5:30 pm-7:00 pm The Magnes Collection 2121 Allston Way Berkeley, CA 94720 Yiddish Song in Early Modern Ashkenaz (c. 1500-1750): Sources, Repertoire, Performance The Ashkenazim (Jews of Central and Eastern Europe) have been singing in Yiddish since the Middle Ages. Their historical song repertoires were very different from today's Yiddish songs. Diana Matut's lecture will explore the world of Renaissance and Baroque Yiddish song, and answer a set of specific research questions, such as: What did the Jews of Kraków, Amsterdam, Prague and Frankfurt sing about? Where did their melodies originate, and can they be reconstructed today? Through literary and musical examples, the lecture will also investigate how Jewish and Christian authorities reacted to the texts and melodies of early Yiddish songs, and give a special emphasis to women's singing activities, and female vocal repertoires. Diana Matut, PhD, is a lecturer in Jewish Studies at the University Halle-Wittenberg (Germany). After studying Jewish and Semitic Studies at Halle, she earned a Diploma in Hebrew and Jewish Studies at Oxford University, followed by an MA in Yiddish Studies at SOAS, London. She participated in the Advanced Seminar for Yiddish Studies at JTS – taught in Yiddish. Today, Diana regularly teaches and lectures at universities in Europe and in Israel. Outside of her academic career, Diana is a singer and leader of the band Simkhat Hanefesh (Joy of the Soul), which performs Jewish music and Yiddish songs of the Renaissance and Baroque period. She teaches old Yiddish song and children’s song workshops at Yiddish Summer Weimar and Klekanada and has produced several CDs (e.g. Far dem nayem dor – For the New Generation; simkhat hanefesh - Early Yiddish Music). www.simkhat-hanefesh.com and http://yiddishsummer.eu/de/. Co-sponsored by: The Center for Jewish Studies, The Music Department, and GHI West - Pacific Regional Office of the German Historical Institute Washington DC

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    Lecture by Dr. Diana Matut on Yiddish Song in Early Modern Ashkenaz (c. 1500-1750): Sources, Repertoire, Performance Monday, September 25, 2017 5:30 pm-7:00 pm The Magnes Collection 2121 Allston Way Berkeley, CA 94720 Yiddish Song in Early Modern Ashkenaz (c. 1500-1750): Sources, Repertoire, Performance The Ashkenazim (Jews of Central and Eastern Europe) have been singing in Yiddish since the Middle Ages. Their historical song repertoires were very different from today's Yiddish songs. Diana Matut's lecture will explore the world of Renaissance and Baroque Yiddish song, and answer a set of specific research questions, such as: What did the Jews of Kraków, Amsterdam, Prague and Frankfurt sing about? Where did their melodies originate, and can they be reconstructed today? Through literary and musical examples, the lecture will also investigate how Jewish and Christian authorities reacted to the texts and melodies of early Yiddish songs, and give a special emphasis to women's singing activities, and female vocal repertoires. Diana Matut, PhD, is a lecturer in Jewish Studies at the University Halle-Wittenberg (Germany). After studying Jewish and Semitic Studies at Halle, she earned a Diploma in Hebrew and Jewish Studies at Oxford University, followed by an MA in Yiddish Studies at SOAS, London. She participated in the Advanced Seminar for Yiddish Studies at JTS – taught in Yiddish. Today, Diana regularly teaches and lectures at universities in Europe and in Israel. Outside of her academic career, Diana is a singer and leader of the band Simkhat Hanefesh (Joy of the Soul), which performs Jewish music and Yiddish songs of the Renaissance and Baroque period. She teaches old Yiddish song and children’s song workshops at Yiddish Summer Weimar and Klekanada and has produced several CDs (e.g. Far dem nayem dor – For the New Generation; simkhat hanefesh - Early Yiddish Music). www.simkhat-hanefesh.com and http://yiddishsummer.eu/de/. Co-sponsored by: The Center for Jewish Studies, The Music Department, and GHI West - Pacific Regional Office of the German Historical Institute Washington DC

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    Lecture l Diana Matut

    YIDDISH SONG IN EARLY MODERN ASHKENAZ


    (C. 1500-1750):
    SOURCES, REPERTOIRE, PERFORMANCE
    The Ashkenazim (Jews of Central and Eastern
    Europe) have been singing in Yiddish since the
    Middle Ages. Their historical song repertoires were
    very different from today's Yiddish songs. Diana
    Matut's lecture will explore the world of Renaissance
    and Baroque Yiddish song, and answer a set of
    specific research questions, such as: What did the
    Jews of Krakw, Amsterdam, Prague and Frankfurt
    sing about? Where did their melodies originate, and
    can they be reconstructed today? Through literary
    and musical examples, the lecture will also
    investigate how Jewish and Christian authorities
    reacted to the texts and melodies of early Yiddish
    songs, and give a special emphasis to women's
    singing activities, and female vocal repertoires.
    Diana Matut, PhD, is a lecturer in Jewish
    Monday, September 25, 2017
    5:30 pm-7:00 pm Studies at the University Halle-Wittenberg
    (Germany), and leader of the ensemble Simkhat
    The Magnes Collection Hanefesh (Joy of the Soul), which performs
    2121 Allston Way Jewish music and Yiddish songs of the
    Berkeley, CA 94720 Renaissance and Baroque periods.

    FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

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