ONE PEOPLE, MANY VOICES: JEWISH MUSIC IN AMERICA:
PART THREE: AMERICAN-JEWISH MUSIC COMES OF AGE,
PT. 3 (RADIO)
Summary
One in this series of radio broadcasts from National Public Radio, hosted by Theodore Bikel, which trace the history and the heritage of the American Jewish people and their music. "American-Jewish Music Comes of Age" explores the renaissance and evolution of Jewish music in America from the 1960s through the 1980s. This segment focuses on contemporary synagogue music and new music created for prayer. Highlights include the following: a recording by Cindy Plotkin; a recording by cantor Nathan Lamm; a recording by Jeff Klepper and Dan Friedlander; a prayer song by Richard Botton and the Rochester Singers; how summer camps and youth movements have become fertile ground for the creation of new Jewish folk liturgy; an example of how composer Michael Isaacson bridges the gap between the classical and folk styles of synagogue music; a recording of Alvin Wainhouse singing synagogue music; examples of melodies from Sephardic Jews in North Africa; a recording of a song which honors a new birth; and samples of new liturgical poems in English.
Details
- NETWORK: NPR National Public Radio
- DATE: November 30, 1985
- RUNNING TIME: 0:28:26
- COLOR/B&W: N/A
- CATALOG ID: R89:0140
- GENRE: Radio - Music; Radio - Public affairs/Documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: Music, Jewish
- SERIES RUN: NPR National Public Radio - Radio series, 1985-1986
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Richard Siegel … Executive Producer
- Steve Rathe … Senior Producer, Murray Street Enterprise
- Perez Luna, Elisabeth … Producer
- Robert Cohen … Associate Producer, Writer
- Diane Dorf … Associate Producer
- Michael Isaacson … Composer
- Rochester Singers, The … Music Group
- Cindy Plotkin … Singer
- Nathan Lamm … Singer
- Jeff Klepper … Singer
- Dan Friedlander … Singer
- Richard Botton … Singer
- Alvin Wainhouse … Singer
- Theodore Bikel … Host