kaddish in two-part harmony
A conversation between an anthropologist and a musician along with a growing virtual minyan, on themes of death and dying, grief, ritual, and the interplay between music and words.about
Monthly Archives: May 2011
daily kaddish: for lev kogan
A Kaddish for the composer of this project’s “Kaddish” for solo horn, Lev Kogan, who died in 2007. Continue reading
my father’s favorite boys
Fred and Harold and my dad were like the Marx Brothers. Or the Coen Brothers. Or the Brady Bunch. Or. Or. Or maybe there was nothing like them at all. A team. A pack. A family. A coven. A comedy … Continue reading
daily kaddish: memorial day weekend, iii
The third kaddish in a trilogy—for those whom we remember on Memorial Day weekend. Continue reading
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daily kaddish: memorial day weekend, ii
Kaddish #2 in a Memorial Day weekend trilogy: for all those we remember on Memorial Day. Continue reading
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daily kaddish: memorial day weekend, i
First of a kaddish trilogy for Memorial Day Weekend—a Kaddish for all those whom we remember this weekend. Continue reading
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daily kaddish: for galina on shabbes
Recorded live at Mira’s mom’s house with Mira intoning the opening and operating iTalk on my iPhone. Continue reading
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daily kaddish: for galina, on her yahrtzeit
Tonight’s Kaddish is for Galina Lindquist on her Yahrtzeit. Continue reading
yahrtzeit for galina
your quizzical smile eyes cocked, waiting you say nothing, save ‘why?‘ and they pour out their secrets and you — you collect them and you do them justice but that’s just our business— that’s just our business your fingertips arranging … Continue reading
daily kaddish: for mira’s grandpa
It took me a while to figure out how to play Mira’s grandpa’s Kaddish. Continue reading
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malkah, magnes, and the military police
Malkah was at the Madrid airport, as wholesome as she could be. She had a husband with her and two squeaky clean children with her. And all their camping gear. And all her archives notes. And all her permissions to … Continue reading