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{"value"=>"<span class=\"persname\">Pasternak, Velvel</span>, Edited and Arranged by, <span class=\"title\">Hassidic Favorites: 125 Best Loved Hassidic and Israeli Songs</span> Cedarhurst, N.Y.: Tara Publications"}
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{"value"=>"72 pages + 8 unpaginated sides; 125 selections.", "format"=>"simple"}
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{"value"=>"<p>This is a folio size ring-bound collection of traditionally known <span class=\"emph\">nigunim</span> (Hasidic tunes). It is a sampling of liturgical-folk melodies sung by members of European-origin Jewish pietist sects known as <span class=\"emph\">Hasidim</span> who over the past decades have re-settled in America and Israel. The music is a distinctive improvisational form of Jewish religious group song that is regularly sung, and usually orally transmitted. The melody lines have texts from various liturgical poetics/lyrics and prayers, and those Hebrew words appear under the music in transliteration. There are citations for music, writers, and other sources, and the editing includes guitar chord markings. Some selections have been arranged from two-part singing, scored for boys (SA) or male adults (TB) inasmuch as this remains an all-male musical practice. There are some front materials: a prefatory statement, the table of contents, and an introduction that provides background infomration on the music and various Hassidic groups who sing the songs. Concluding the book are appended materials: an alphabetical index, and Hebrew print texts with English translations for 113 of the songs. The balance of 12 songs in the book are intoned without any words. Wordless song is a consistent aspect of Hasidic inspiration in spiritual music performance, as is the custom of quasidance or bodily motion. There are some illustrations in the book, and on the cover which is designed in yellow and white. The back cover has illustrated ads for two other song books by the same publisher.</p>"}
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