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^America; February h National -..Jewish Mtisic Month, a time

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|S(ii-of 'Jewish -music 1$ being' ^ii^riwj i t?y the Sisterhood of Temple Beth Israel. Open to the j>ublic} it^tfl l>e; Wednesday at 8:?0 |). m. at the temple, Cedar Ave;-. .,.v • •;. '. ^fhe program is under the dU i

reen'on;jdf Mrs. Fred D. Stone, who has selected works portray­ing both the old and new of the music >••;.' ;.",."' : '. :•*!•:•* '.;• * % + "

^^lUEJkCUSIC^Hhe-rewrretr resents a vari-colored, vari-tcx-tored mosaic, which took hun­dreds of years to create. Its scope can hardly be thoroughly captured in the brief time span, of one concert.

\ ~11tt *fogV*rfl v©f uHeftWeldnes-day festival; ^however, as plan­ned by MrsT Stone^ Is'£• >small icale replica of that vari-te,xture4 mosaic, arranged to represent four major • forirtss: synagogue music, the song of! the home life of the Jews, folk songs and art music.

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A VAST HORDE of melodic fragments of cadv synagogus

tf«e-ha$-b«rru^mrrntted over the centuries from father to son, foam cantor to apprentice. .

Mo*f ancient and jnost indi­vidual of all are the chants of the Bible and the chants of the liturgy. Some of the chants may have had their origin in a day even before the Gregorian chant

(the chant rjfeard ' ir> Catholic Churches) Via wrjtic^; down;v i .::;r\,v, ..;.-.;• -.:-*:c,»;•.>„»:•.-_ s.V \'y:\,'-'>-

THE CHANT of the syna­gogue was an .unr^ytjrjni alr free "niua/ci^h'e;r^iu&^a*;^'i*y:lhi' . mic ^ e l i ^ s r|orin; It -V/ai the song of-M»e ho^jr 3th* Carol of .the^bb>th^!:.:;;^'rv^;^-'^

The songs OBth<>shobte lire filled^with the warrnlh^pT^rne.

rgood~lpof and the glory of God. They rep. resent the peace whkh theuSab* bath alone could bringi\& the Jews in the "most dreadful of worlds." - ; ; • ' :

JEWISH folk «>ngshave- their origin in Eastern European Jew­ry, in 1795, the; large majority

of Jewr}n Eastern JJOrope j^er»;

••' • cal 'ghetto^' /*"'<* '.'• *. •- >. ,T^e'.l(iai^i^<r^:"p^ Jiy<ii:

In villages and small towri^>-?v; 2 '-ThM,'lived1 • ft life^of dire pOv--

ifrty arid ff^i^^^^i^pi^ econdmically,• socially, jppliUcai-: ly and: culturally - . / ' ~*^ •.

Yetr out of thla environrnej: ^ihere aros< tt%ody oraongFrieh ' in text and time . . distinguished

by its genuine folk; character./ V -• SecuUir In nature, the ^folfc

songs include cradle songs, love songs, work songs and nonsense songs.: They deal with scfoool, children, marriage, family, trag­edy and humor. ' " i

WITH THE RISE of liberal­ism arid the emancipation of the Jews, Jewish music began to re­flect the -"hew influences.- 4 * l

I Changes in religious outlook and ritual cried ptit for new music fonms. The rise of Jew­ish nationalism found its outlet ini experiments with the creation

% of an art music, the "coni^osed'* song/ ..'• .• -:..'; . .t ,

Talented young contemporary

^IDDfSH FOLKSONG"~ Rehearsing for the Jewish fhusic festival scheduled Wednesday are members | f the choral group. «f hey'are, left to right, Mrs.

Daniel Sasmor, Mrsi Eugene Malkis, Yehuda Segal and David Larin, Mr«. Fred D. Stone is director of the choral group. — Gazette Photo.

composers are pioducirig a new literature of symphonies, cham­ber music, opera, choral, compo-

_iitions-and-6ongs. : ""£.?.•• * • - . * * • « / ' . ' • . • ;

SONGS ARE IMMORTAL and a people that never ceases to sing will ,bc immortal.

Throughout the history of the: Jewish people, songs have been sung. They reflect the sad times,

\ * the depressive times, the happier ; times •.•;'.. but. they are. always

there. V : In the words of Yehuda Hal-i evi, a Hebrew poet^of the Middle

Ages, "A people without a song is a people without a soul."

THE C H O R A L GROlj'^ Which will'perform at the festi­val on Wednesday, includes Mrs. Yehuda Segal, Mrs. Norman Bcdzincr, Mrs. Daniel Sasmor, Miss Ruth Sclig Gellman, Mrs; Max KianOff. Mrs. Eugene Mal­kis,..Mrs. Seymcur Jaffe,., Miss Carol Wejnstcin, Yehuda Segal, David Larin and David Schrei-be r.' - '•'•'';•''"'

'The program of selections is as follows: -

"Dvinu Malkcinu." a prayer by Max Janowski; "Sisu:V'Sim-chu,". a song of joy, setting by Rcuven Kosakoti and melody by M. Ziara: "Dayanu," a folksong, chorai setting by Trude Rittman; and "Mi Y'Mallel," a psalm ar­ranged by Binder.

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ALSO. "By the Waters of Babylon," a song of joy, music

IN FOL^COSTUME A Striking d pose are Theodore Budrow and Miss Ann Oxley, who Will give a demonstration

of folk ddncing at ihe;Jewish rnusiic f es t i va I scheduled Wednesday at Temple Beth Israel. —Gazette Phbto.

by Harry Coopersmith; "Simhu Na," • by : Weiner, arrangement by Leonard Berstein;.and "Song of Ruth —Entreat Me not to Leave Thee," a Biblical song in modern setting,; . by Maurice Goldman, soloist Mrs. Daniel Sasmor. ^ • .

Mrs, Malkis^ pianist, will play "Hora," by Marc Lavry, and "Song of the Night," by Julius Chajes.

Miss Ann Oxley will accom­pany the choral group on the piano. ....

* * * THE FESTIVAL also will in­

clude a program of folk dances to be performed by Miss Oxley and Theodore Budrow.

Austrian, Swiss, Ukranian arid Russian folk dances will be per­formed by Miss Oxley arid Mr. Budrow. Three Israeli folk dan­

ces will be executed by Mr. Bud­row.

Miss Oxley, a.graduate of the, Toronto Conservatory of Music, is a piano,and organ teacher.^

Mr. Budrow, who has been a leader of folk and square danc­

ing while attending; Syracuse University, iskrown in Niagara Falls as a square dance .caller and for his leadership- in summer folk dancing fetes at Hyde Paffc

48 CLUB DINNER-DANCE-Mrs. John Mettler, John at the Red Coach Inn. Mrs. Frick was chairman of Mettler, Mrs. L. T. Frick and Louis T. Frick get to­gether over a bowl of punch at the 48 Club dance

the buffet dinner — Gazette Photo.

MARCH OF DIMES DANCE - Enjoying drinks and a chat at the dance, held Saturday at the Elks"ball-room, are, left to right, Mrs. Francis tally, chair­

man; Charles JJ.. Gibb, Mrs. Gibb, Miss Patricia Cal-ladine, Earl J. Lenhart Jr. and Francis Ldlly. — Ga­zette Photo.

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w .p^Cc" :^W^N6rman J. Altmann pins ^i f^r* sAif i^nrt iaf the 11th annual Beta 8^t^6^i^jl'hJklel ;'Satur<layat Hotel Ni-^Sdj£eWe;'pfiblojr"^ '-'</• ' v

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ISKRA JUBILEE.- Chester F. Tuzinski, president of the Iskra Society, cats the 25th anniversary cake at a dinner at the Echo Club. Oh the right is Chester J» Jakubowski, the speaker.—vGazette Photo.

MARD! GRAS DANCE - Clyde and Mrs. Ayers, left, an4 Mr$. John Stoy.ell and Mr. Stoyell,. right, pictur­ed at the Hennepin Hall School parents group"

dance at Lewiston Village fire hall.* decorated with, drawings df people costume. — Gazette Photo.

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