Velvel Pasternak is one of the world's foremost experts on Jewish music. He is an expert on the music of the Hasidic sect and probably the largest publisher of Jewish music anywhere, although he is quick to note that publishing Jewish music is a business that attracts few rivals. Hasidic Judaism (also Chasidic, etc from the Hebrew: he '''''חסידות''''', Chassidus, meaning "piety" from the Hebrew [1]
The founder of Tara Publications, he has been responsible for the publication of 26 recordings and over 150 books of Jewish music since 1971, spanning the gamut of Israeli, Yiddish, Ladino, Cantorial, Hassidic and Holocaust Music. [2] He is a regular lecturer on the Music of the Hassidim.
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Published works
- The Jewish Fake Book (1997) [ISBN 0-933676-69-7]
- Beyond Hava Nagila (1999) [ISBN 0-933676-78-6]
- The Jewish Music Companion (2003) [ISBN 1-928918-24-7]
- Songs Never Silenced--The Folk Music And Poetry of the Shoah (2003) [ISBN 1-928918-26-3]
See also
References
- ^ Van Gelder, Lawrence. Jewish music, the music of Jews, is quite diverse and dates back thousands of years "Long Islanders; A YOUTHFUL DECISION ALTERS A LIFE'S TONE", New York Times, 1981-03-22, p. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Events 238 - Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperor. 2. Retrieved on 2006-08-03. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. (summary only)
- ^ Velvel Pasternak. 2004 Rozhinke Faculty. Retrieved on 2006-08-03. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus.
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