Articles

David’s Quilt: From Biblical Inspiration to Modern Musical Epic

A Research Guide to Dave Brubeck’s The Gates of Justice (1969)

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

Cantors on Record Guide

Tovah Feldshuh on Family and Jewish Music's Legacy

A Maestro's Mind and Musings on Jewish Music

1970: Sacred Services at the Crossroads

Bonita Boyd, Leonard Bernstein and an Israeli Flutist

Eliot Fisk on the Greatness of Jewish Culture

Heritage, Freedom and Universal Experience with David Amram

Catching Up with James Maddalena

Yiddish Theater in America - A Milken Archive Virtual Tour

Kevin Deas on Jewish Music and Dave Brubeck

Milken Archive of Jewish Music: 1990–Present

Out of the Whirlwind: Musical Reflections of the Holocaust, Part 1

Hanukkah Music in America

Symphonic Music of Jewish Experience, Part 4

The Butterfly Comes Home

Passover: Music for the Favorite Family Ritual

Symphonic Music of Jewish Experience, Part 3

Symphonic Music of Jewish Experience, Part 2

Hidden Treasures

An Annotated Survey of Jewish Worship Services Written for Cantor, Choir, and Organ

Symphonic Music of Jewish Experience, Part 1

The Art of Jewish Song: Yiddish and Hebrew Part 2

The Art of Jewish Song: Yiddish and Hebrew Part 1

Great Songs of the American Yiddish Theater, Part 4: Schmaltz and Strudl

Great Songs of the American Yiddish Theater, Part 3: Joseph Rumshinsky

Great Songs of the American Yiddish Theater, Part 2: Alexander Olshanetsky & Sholom Secunda

Great Songs of the American Yiddish Theater, Part 1: Abraham Ellstein

Intimate Voices, Solo and Ensemble Music of Jewish Spirit Part 2

From Jerusalem to Odessa: Excursions in American Jewish Chamber Music.

Intimate Voices, Solo and Ensemble Music of Jewish Spirit Part 1

History of Jewish Chamber Music in America.

Jewish Voices in the New World: The Song of Prayer in Colonial and 19th-Century America

Origins and development of North America's first Jewish music.

Swing His Praises: Jazz Blues and Rock in the Service of God

American vernacular music and Jewish sacred experience.

An Interview with David Amram

At 86, Still Trying to Get It Right

Getting Started with the Milken Archive - Part 2

An Introductory Guide to the Milken Archive, Part 2

Getting Started with the Milken Archive - Part 1

An Introductory Guide to the Milken Archive, Part 1

Fathers and Sons, Part 4: Julian Schwarz

Fathers and Sons, Part 3: Gerard Schwarz

Fathers and Sons, Part 2: Yehudi Wyner

Fathers and Sons, Part 1: Lazar Weiner

Summer Stock Part Four: Joseph Rumshinsky—“Crazy Wagner” of Second Avenue

Summer Stock Part Three: Alexander Olshanetsky—We Loved You Too Much

Summer Stock Part Two: Sholom Secunda and the Bay mir bistu shame

Summer Stock Part One: My Yiddishe Mamele

Introduction to Volume 20

L'DOR VADOR: A Celebration of Children's Voices

Introduction to Volume 4

Cycle of Life in Synagogue and Home: Jewish Celebrations Throughout the Year

The First S'liḥot

Sliḥot for the First Day

Introduction to Volume 3

SEDER T'FILLOT: Traditional and Contemporary Synagogue Services

Introduction to Volume 17

Odes and Epics: Dramatic Music of Jewish Experience

Introduction to Volume 18

Psalms and Canticles: Jewish Choral Art in America

Introduction to Volume 19

Musical Reflections of the Holocaust

Introduction to Volume 12

Legend of Toil and Celebration: Songs of Solidarity, Social Awareness, and Yiddish Americana

Introduction to Volume 9

The Art of Jewish Song: Yiddish and Hebrew

Introduction to Volume 14

Golden Voices in the Golden Land: The Great Age of Cantorial Art in America

Introduction to Volume 6

Echoes of Ecstasy: Hassidic Inspiration

Introduction to Volume 8

Sing unto Zion! In Praise of a Jewish National Home

Introduction to Volume 1

Jewish Voices in the New World: The Song of Prayer in Colonial and 19th-Century America

Introduction to Volume 7

Masterworks in Prayer: Art in Worship

Introduction to Volume 2

A Garden Eastward: Sephardi and Near Eastern Inspiration

Not So Still Life, With Music

Behind the art of Ralph Gilbert

Introduction to Volume 10

Intimate Voices: Solo and Ensemble Music of Jewish Spirit

Introduction to Volume 11

Symphonic Visions: Orchestral Works of the Jewish Spirit

Introduction to Volume 5

Klezmer in the Concert Hall: Rebirth of a Folk Tradition

Introduction to Volume 15

Swing His Praises: Jazz, Blues, and Rock in Worship

Introduction to Volume 16

Heroes and Heroines: Jewish Opera

Introduction to Volume 13

Great Songs of the American Yiddish Stage: Yiddish Theater, Vaudeville, Radio, and Film

A History of Audio Recordings: 1990–2007

Introducing the Milken Archive of Jewish Music: the American Experience

Bay mir bistu sheyn

A brief history of Yiddish theater's most enduring song

A Spiritual Legacy

Alberto Mizrahi's recordings for the Milken Archive are an affirmation of Jewish existence

Lazar Weiner In Retrospect

A Son Reflects on His Father and His Songs

L'Dor Vador

Oral Histories Link Generation to Generation

The Book of Psalms and its Musical Interpretations

A Timeless Prayer and a Plea for Our Time

Leonard Bernstein's Kaddish Symphony

An Interview with Grammy-Winning Producer David Frost

An Interview with Simon Spiro

The gifted cantor and pop star shares his insights on singing, arranging and recording for the Milken Archive

A Woman of Valor

An Interview with composer Judith Lang Zaimont

An Interview with Robert Brubaker

An American tenor discusses his experience singing Jewish liturgical music for the Milken Archive

A Dialogue with Ofer Ben-Amots

The Israeli-American composer discusses Shtetl Songs, tone painting and music as a human chain

An Interview with Gershon Kingsley

An Interview with Kenneth Kiesler

Bringing Back the Second Avenue Sound

Hollywood orchestrator Patrick Russ restores music of the Yiddish Theater

Milken Archive of Jewish Music: 1990—Present