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Edwin Seroussi at Academia.edu
''Pe'amim'' 19 (1984), 113-129.
"On the Beginnings of the Singing of Bakkashot in 19th- century Jerusalem"
''Pe'amim'' 56 (1996), 106-124.
"Songs That Young Gershom Scholem May Have Heard: Jacob Beimel's Jüdische Melodieen, Jung Juda, and Jewish Musical Predicaments in Early Twentieth-Century Berlin"
1952 births Living people Jewish Israeli musicians People from Montevideo Jewish musicologists Israeli musicologists Israeli music educators Israeli people of Uruguayan-Jewish descent Uruguayan emigrants to Israel Uruguayan Sephardi Jews Hebrew University of Jerusalem faculty 20th-century Israeli educators 20th-century Israeli male musicians 21st-century Israeli educators 21st-century Israeli male musicians {{Israel-bio-stub
Edwin Seroussi (born 26 December 1952 in Montevideo
Montevideo () is the capital and largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . Montevideo is situated on the southern ...
) is an Israeli musicologist
Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some m ...
of Uruguayan origin. He is the Emanuel Alexandre Professor of Musicology, director of the Jewish Music Research Centre at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a visiting scholar in Jewish studies at Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native ...
. He is the 2018 Israel Prize laureate in the field of Musicology.
Biography
Edwin Seroussi was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. He immigrated to Israel in 1971 to study at the Department of Musicology of the Hebrew University at the undergraduate and graduate levels continuing into his doctoral studies at the Department of Music (today theUCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles, is “the first school of music to be established in the University of California system.” Established in 2007 under the purview of the U ...
of the University of California Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a Normal school, teachers colle ...
(1981-1987). Upon graduation he taught at Bar-Ilan University
Bar-Ilan University (BIU, he, אוניברסיטת בר-אילן, ''Universitat Bar-Ilan'') is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is Israel's second-largest academic ...
(1988-2000), transferring in 2000 to the Hebrew University.
He founded and edits Yuval Music Series and is editor of the CD series Anthology of Music Traditions in Israel of the Jewish Music Research Centre.
Areas of Research and Publications
Seroussi's earliest publications explored diverse aspects of the history and consolidation of Sephardic liturgical music (see for example: ''Spanish-Portuguese Synagogue Music in Reform Sources from Hamburg,'' Jerusalem, 1996). At the same time, he started to explore theJudaeo-Spanish
Judaeo-Spanish or Judeo-Spanish (autonym , Hebrew script: , Cyrillic: ), also known as Ladino, is a Romance language derived from Old Spanish. Originally spoken in Spain, and then after the Edict of Expulsion spreading through the Ottoman E ...
song repertoire, leading an international team in the editing of the ''Cancionero sefardi
Sephardic (or Sephardi) Jews (, ; lad, Djudíos Sefardíes), also ''Sepharadim'' , Modern Hebrew: ''Sfaradim'', Tiberian: Səp̄āraddîm, also , ''Ye'hude Sepharad'', lit. "The Jews of Spain", es, Judíos sefardíes (or ), pt, Judeus sefar ...
'' (1995) by Alberto Hemsi, one of the largest field collections of Sephardic songs from the pre-World War II period. Another line of historical research into the same repertoire led to the publication of ''Incipitario sefardi'' with the collaboration of Rivka Havassy. This volume records all the songs in Judaeo-Spanish
Judaeo-Spanish or Judeo-Spanish (autonym , Hebrew script: , Cyrillic: ), also known as Ladino, is a Romance language derived from Old Spanish. Originally spoken in Spain, and then after the Edict of Expulsion spreading through the Ottoman E ...
mentioned as melody clues in collections of Hebrew sacred poetry in manuscript and printed.
Later on he turned his attention to popular music in Israel. Results of this research appeared in the book that he co-authored with sociologist of culture Motti Regev, ''Popular Music and National Culture in Israel''.
Digital Humanities
Seroussi initiated the development of an innovative online platform, Jewish Cultures Mapped, in collaboration with computer scientist and vocal performing artist Dr. Josef Sprinzak and web graphic designer, researcher, educator and media activist Mushon Zer-Aviv (aka Shu'al). Launched by the research project Da'at Hamakom in 2017 and under the care of the Jewish Music Research Centre since late 2019, this unique interactive web-based map is based on innovative digital-mapping and information visualization technologies designed to explore and experience Jewish cultures in their historical development from a perspective of time and space. The map offers easy accessibility of high quality content to a wide range of publics, such as university researchers, school teachers, students and lay persons searching for information in a platform that differs from extant searching and data mining engines.See also
*Music of Israel
The music of Israel is a combination of Jewish and non-Jewish music traditions that have come together over the course of a century to create a distinctive musical culture. For almost 150 years, musicians have sought original stylistic elements ...
References
External links
Edwin Seroussi at Academia.edu
''Pe'amim'' 19 (1984), 113-129.
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* ttp://www.piyut.org.il/articles/283.html "The Tradition of singing of the Maftirim in Turkey""On the Beginnings of the Singing of Bakkashot in 19th- century Jerusalem"
''Pe'amim'' 56 (1996), 106-124.
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"Songs That Young Gershom Scholem May Have Heard: Jacob Beimel's Jüdische Melodieen, Jung Juda, and Jewish Musical Predicaments in Early Twentieth-Century Berlin"
1952 births Living people Jewish Israeli musicians People from Montevideo Jewish musicologists Israeli musicologists Israeli music educators Israeli people of Uruguayan-Jewish descent Uruguayan emigrants to Israel Uruguayan Sephardi Jews Hebrew University of Jerusalem faculty 20th-century Israeli educators 20th-century Israeli male musicians 21st-century Israeli educators 21st-century Israeli male musicians {{Israel-bio-stub