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WELCOME TO STORIES OF MUSIC��JEWISH MUSIC 101:�SOUNDS, SETTINGS & SIGNIFICANCE

A PROGRAM OF THE LOWELL MILKEN CENTER FOR MUSIC OF AMERICAN JEWISH EXPERIENCE

AT THE UCLA HERB ALPERT SCHOOL OF MUSIC

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WELCOME!

SHALOM!

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OUR LEARNING JOURNEY

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Music in Jewish Religious Settings

Differing Sounds of Jewish Culture

Western Art Music in American Jewish Culture

Music in Communal Jewish Experience

Jewish Music in Popular Culture

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MUSIC IN JEWISH �RELIGIOUS SETTINGS

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What meaning does each version seem

to be drawing from the Kol Nidre moment?

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How do the various versions of the Kol Nidre affect the way you understand or experience the recitation?��Do any of these versions reflect or resonate with your Jewish experience/identity?

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DIFFERING SOUNDS�OF JEWISH CULTURE

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בראשית�GENESIS

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How does this particular melody or style help tell the story?��Which of these reflect your experience with Jewish music? How so?

��How might any of these add to your (and/or your community’s) understanding and experience of Jewish music?

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What do you think leads to the same verses sounding so different?��What conclusions can we draw from the different sounds?

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WESTERN ART MUSIC �IN AMERICAN

JEWISH EXPERIENCE

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“Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.”��

LEONARD BERNSTEIN, �1918-1990

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Bernstein’s Jeremiah Symphony, Movement 1

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JEREMIAH, SEGMENT FROM THE SISTINE CHAPEL

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JOSEPH ACHRON’S �THE GOLEM�

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MUSIC IN �JEWISH COMMUNAL EXPERIENCE:

�Communal Angst, Communal �Peace, Communal Hope

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JEWISH MUSIC IN

POPULAR CULTURE

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“Everybody ought to

have a Lower East Side

in their life.”��

IRVING BERLIN �(born Israel Beilin), �1888-1989

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GOD BLESS AMERICA

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How do these selections help you �to find new ways to appreciate, extend, and find meaning in Jewish culture?

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CODA/CONCLUSION:

�Weaving Our Learning Threads Together

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“God Bless America,” �sung in Yiddish by the cast of the Yiddish Fiddler on the Roof

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SHALOM UL'HITRA'OT!

!שלום ולהתראות

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Stories of Music is brought to you by the Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. Furthering knowledge and understanding of Jewish music. Creating new audiences for the musical journeys of America’s Jews. ��Learn more at schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/lowellmilkenmaje ��Follow us on social media @uclamaje