Virtual Exhibit

Out of the Whirlwind

Musical Reflections of the Holocaust, Part 1

UCLA launches Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience

The center is North America’s first permanent academic home for the study of music of American Jewish experience.

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

CD SERIES

Bruce Adolphe

ESSAY

Negotiating Jewish Identity in Dave Brubeck’s The Gates of Justice

MILKEN ARCHIVE RECORDING

Psalm 126 by Philip Glass

ARTIST

Debbie Friedman

Getting Started

A Two-Part Introductory Guide to the Milken Archive

FEATURED CONTENT

DOCUMENTARY

Paul Schoenfield's The Merchant and the Pauper

Excerpts from the Milken Archive's recording session of Paul Schoenfield's The Merchant and the Pauper with the University of Michigan Opera Theater and conductor Kenneth Kiesler. In interviews conducted during the session, Kiesler and soprano Jennifer Larson reflect on the work's profound spiritual depth.

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VIRTUAL EXHIBIT

Great Songs of the American Yiddish Stage, Part 3

First Master of Second Avenue or Crazy Wagner? Trace Joseph Rumshinsky's journey—with music, photos, videos and more—from Pale of Settlement to the peak of success in our virtual exhibit, and decide for yourself.

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FOUNDER

About Lowell Milken

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

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.

SINGERS

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...

SINGERS

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

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Virtual Exhibit

Out of the Whirlwind

Musical Reflections of the Holocaust, Part 1

UCLA launches Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience

The center is North America’s first permanent academic home for the study of music of American Jewish experience.

FEATURED MUSIC

Jewish Voices in the New World

A Garden Eastward

SEDER T'FILLOT

Cycle of Life in Synagogue and Home

The Classical Klezmer

Echoes of Ecstasy

Masterworks of Prayer

Sing Unto Zion!

The Art of Jewish Song

Intimate Voices

Symphonic Visions

Legend of Toil and Celebration

Great Songs of the American Yiddish Stage

Golden Voices in the Golden Land

Swing His Praises

Heroes and Heroines

Odes and Epics

Psalms and Canticles

Out of the Whirlwind

L'DOR VADOR

HIGHLIGHTS

Bruce Adolphe

Negotiating Jewish Identity in Dave Brubeck’s The Gates of Justice

Psalm 126 by Philip Glass

Debbie Friedman

Getting Started

FEATURED CONTENT

Paul Schoenfield's The Merchant and the Pauper

Great Songs of the American Yiddish Stage, Part 3

About Lowell Milken

FEATURED ARTISTS

David Amram

Herman Berlinski

Joanne Borts

Dave Brubeck

Ida Rae Cahana

Kevin Deas

Eliot Fisk

James Guttmann

Sir Neville Marriner

Darius Milhaud

Jorge Federico Osorio

Shulamit Ran

DISCOVER MORE

Spotlight Series: Ofer Ben-Amots

Abraham Kaplan's Psalms of Abraham

Eliot Fisk on the Greatness of Jewish Culture

Not So Still Life, With Music

Iola Brubeck: The Performer’s Experience

Charles Davidson on I Never Saw Another Butterfly

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