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Tag: musicology

daily kaddish: for Lev Kogan on his Yahrtzeit

Posted on 7 June 20119 February 2016 by erin

The “kaddish in two-part harmony” project takes Lev Kogan’s “Kaddish” for solo horn as its musical focal point. Kogan died on this day in 2007.

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daily kaddish: a moment of silence for the missing beat

Posted on 17 April 201118 April 2011 by erin

In a lengthy, geeky post the other day, I wrote about discovering a missing beat in one bar of Lev Kogan’s “Kaddish.” Tonight’s Kaddish has a moment of silence where I think that missing beat ought to be.

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the mystery of the missing beat: on meter in Kogan’s “Kaddish”

Posted on 17 April 201117 April 2011 by erin

How I came to notice that Lev Kogan’s “Kaddish” for solo horn is missing a beat. After TWENTY-FIVE YEARS of caring passionately about the piece. Hm.

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what is it about words? a rant in response to a preamble

Posted on 10 February 20119 February 2016 by erin

Music sits alongside religion as an opiate for the masses, and when music joins religion, it’s a truly powerful drug—one that scares the crap out of me sometimes.

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recent kaddishim: on connection and music

Posted on 10 February 201123 March 2011 by erin

Something unexpected happened a few weekends ago. I asked Mira to record the text of the Mourner’s Kaddish for me, and she did, and then everything changed. We are nearing the end of the first three months. We have almost ten months to go on this daily musical exchange, according to the Julian calendar, because this is a leap year in the Hebrew calendar, which adds not just a leap day but a whole leap month. And after what felt like a lifetime of awful recordings to both of us, we’re both starting to enjoy the music.

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gregorian chant, jesus fulfilling prophecy, and easy listening

Posted on 28 December 201023 March 2011 by erin

Last Sunday’s “Kaddish” recording (kaddish_2010.12.19_veniEmmanuel) explores and tests how the nusach of “Kaddish” blends into Gregorian chant; see “a musicological view of kogan’s ‘kaddish’” and commentary passim for discussion. Historical analysis As I mentioned in the analysis, in Gregorian chant we see Catholic monks blending the Judeo- into the -Christian of the Judeo-Christian tradition. All…

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a musicological view of kogan’s “kaddish”

Posted on 20 December 201023 March 2011 by erin

A musicological analysis of Kogan’s “Kaddish”; looking at the composition from a music historical and theoretical point of view.

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