Kol Nidre
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Kol Nidre is an Aramaic declaration which begins Yom Kippur services in the synagogue. Strictly speaking, it is not a prayer, even though it is commonly spoken of as if it were a prayer. This declarat
Kol nidre in an illuminated machzor from Worms (c. 1280). MS Kaufmann A 388 (f. 54v), copied by Eliezer ben Elijah haLevi Shevet-Sofer.
Kol Nidre from a 19th-century Western Ashkenazic machzor
Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur
Esslingen Mahzor, 1290
Kol Nidrei (Bruch)
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Kol Nidrei, Op. 47, is a composition for cello and orchestra written by Max Bruch.
Kol Nidre
…forms. The prayer and its melody have been the basis of a number of pieces of classical music, including a setting of the prayer by Arnold Schoenberg, a piece for solo cello and orchestra by Max Bruch, symphonic variations for orchestra by Emil von Reznicek, a string quartet by John Zorn, and others. The Electric Prunes album Release of…
Max Bruch, 1881