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30th Anniversary

Tovah Feldshuh on Family and Jewish Music's Legacy

The Emmy-nominated actress reflects upon her Milken Archive recording experience.

 
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30th Anniversary

A Maestro's Mind and Musings on Jewish Music

Maestro Kenneth Kiesler shares Jewish music's profound effects on his life and career

 

FEATURED MUSIC
VOLUME 1

Jewish Voices in the New World

The Song of Prayer in Colonial and 19th-Century America
VOLUME 2

A Garden Eastward

Sephardi and Near Eastern Inspiration
VOLUME 3

SEDER T'FILLOT

Traditional and Contemporary Synagogue Services
VOLUME 4

Cycle of Life in Synagogue and Home

Prayers and Celebrations Throughout the Jewish Year
VOLUME 5

The Classical Klezmer

Rebirth of a Folk Tradition
VOLUME 6

Echoes of Ecstasy

Hassidic Inspiration
VOLUME 7

Masterworks of Prayer

Art in Worship
VOLUME 8

Sing Unto Zion!

In Praise of a Jewish National Home
VOLUME 9

The Art of Jewish Song

Yiddish and Hebrew
VOLUME 10

Intimate Voices

Solo and Ensemble Music of Jewish Spirit
VOLUME 11

Symphonic Visions

Orchestral Works of Jewish Spirit
VOLUME 12

Legend of Toil and Celebration

Songs of Solidarity, Social Awareness, and Yiddish Americana
VOLUME 13

Great Songs of the American Yiddish Stage

Yiddish Theater, Vaudeville, Radio, and Film
VOLUME 14

Golden Voices in the Golden Land

The Great Age of Cantorial Art in America
VOLUME 15

Swing His Praises

Jazz, Blues, and Rock in the Service of God
VOLUME 16

Heroes and Heroines

Jewish Opera
VOLUME 17

Odes and Epics

Dramatic Music of Jewish Experience
VOLUME 18

Psalms and Canticles

Jewish Choral Art in America
VOLUME 19

Out of the Whirlwind

Musical Reflections of the Holocaust
VOLUME 20

L'DOR VADOR

A Celebration of Youth

EXPLORE MUSIC

HIGHLIGHTS

MILKEN ARCHIVE RECORDING

Genesis Suite

DOCUMENTARY

Paul Schoenfield's The Merchant and the Pauper

30TH ANNIVERSARY

Our Mission and History

ARTIST

Tovah Feldshuh

Getting Started

A Two-Part Introductory Guide to the Milken Archive

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FEATURED CONTENT
DOCUMENTARY

David Schiff's Gimpel the Fool

Excerpts from the Milken Archive's recording session of David Schiff's Gimpel the Fool with the University of Michigan Opera Theater and conductor Kenneth Kiesler.

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DOCUMENTARY

David Amram's The Final Ingredient

Highlights from the Milken Archive's recording of excerpts from The Final Ingredient, David Amram's 1965 one-act, Passover-themed opera set during the Holocaust.

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FOUNDER

About Lowell Milken

Learn more about the Milken Archive of Jewish Music's founder.

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FEATURED ARTISTS
COMPOSERS

David Amram

“I can be high all the time on life...Anyone who expects me to be an...
COMPOSERS

Herman Berlinski

The Jewish creative orientation of composer and organist Herman Berlinski represents a fertile synthesis.
INSTRUMENTALISTS

Joanne Borts

A contemporary Yiddish theater performer, Joanne Borts made her Broadway debut in Fiddler on the...
COMPOSERS

Dave Brubeck

Dave Brubeck maintained an active and highly decorated career as a composer and performer for...
CANTORS

Ida Rae Cahana

Cantor Ida Rae Cahana was raised in Pittsburgh, where at age seventeen she became the...
INSTRUMENTALISTS

Kevin Deas

The American bass baritone Kevin Deas, a graduate of The Juilliard School in New York,...
INSTRUMENTALISTS

Eliot Fisk

Born in Philadelphia in 1954, guitarist Eliot Fisk earned his B.A. (1976) and M.M.A.
INSTRUMENTALISTS

James Guttmann

A native of New York, James Guttman began playing electric bass in rock bands when...
CONDUCTORS

Sir Neville Marriner

Sir Neville Marriner was born in Lincoln in 1924 and studied the violin first in...
COMPOSERS

Darius Milhaud

Darius Milhaud, one of the 20th century’s most prolific composers, with an opera comprising nearly...
INSTRUMENTALISTS

Jorge Federico Osorio

Jorge Federico Osorio was born in Mexico City into a musical family.
COMPOSERS

Shulamit Ran

“Shulamit Ran has never forgotten that a vital essence of composition is communication,” proclaimed critic...

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DOCUMENTARY

Spotlight Series: Ofer Ben-Amots
MUSIC VIDEO

Abraham Kaplan's Psalms of Abraham
INTERVIEW

Eliot Fisk on the Greatness of Jewish Culture
FEATURE

Not So Still Life, With Music
ORAL HISTORY

Iola Brubeck: The Performer’s Experience
ORAL HISTORY

Charles Davidson on I Never Saw Another Butterfly

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