Renaissance of Traditional Jewish Music

This program collects little-known folksongs, works of Jewish composers, and traditional folk melodies – nigunim- from no longer extant Jewish communities and from the Music Archives at the National Library at Hebrew University. This music, dating from pre-Holocaust Europe and Arab countries before the great influx of Jews from them to Israel, has long been neglected and all but forgotten. Now, rediscovered, Ron Shulamit is having many of these pieces arranged anew and recorded for posterity by its orchestras.

As part of the Traditional Jewish Music Renaissance program, Ron-Shulamit recently published a musical workbook, “Songs and Nigunim in New Dress” for recorder quartets, produced by Keren Ben-Nun. The Accordi-Ron Orchestra , also recorded “Rhythms of Shulamit” as part of this program, a CD with a variety of long-forgotten traditional Jewish tunes, some in modern arrangement by I. Edelson.

In addition, the Jewish Music Renaissance program sponsored the recording of “One Thing Have I Asked”, a CD featuring Jewish melodies and nigunim, arranged for a recorder ensemble by Keren Ben-Nun and performed by the Melzer Consort.

All recordings, as well as sheet music books, are available at the Ron-Shulamit office:

Tel: 972 2 652-8531

Email: info@ronshulamit.org.il