Note from the Editor

Abstract

It is with a great sense of mission that we are finally launching this new issue of Min-Ad: Israel Studies in Musicology Online. Dedicated to the Music of Israel, this issue addresses many close- to-heart areas of interest, and covers a wide range of perspectives that reflect our dynamic, multicultural reality. New, insightful information illuminates the traditions of music in the synagogue (Essica Marks); the development of Israeli art music from 1930 to the present day (Jehoash Hirshberg); connections between popular Israeli music and Western art music traditions (Yossi Goldenberg); the sources of our folk songs (Talila Eliram, Naama Ramot); songs composed to poems by the national poet Chaim Nachman Bialik (Natan Shahar); and evaluations of prominent Israeli artists’ music (Tsippi Fleisher, Naphtali Wagner, Rosa Turskov). Critiques of concerts (Kramer-Babayoff) and information pertaining to recent publications by Israeli scholars conclude the issue.