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Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… and below each word. However, the chant also has clear musical features, with a variety of scales, motives, … music shares common characteristics, which come from the ancient Near East. As Tarsi (2001, 3) observes, however, … “Masoretic Accents as Biblical Commentary.” Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society of Columbia University 4, no. …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… of the opening stanza, is the refrain (the same words and music are repeated) and x, the last line of the rest of the … continually. Restore to Zion once again Thy favor and the ancient might And glory of her sacred fane, And let the … the liturgical practice of Western Ashkenaz was therefore ancient. Among the earliest printed versions of our poem are …
Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… role in dramatically shifting the aesthetics of liturgical music in the liberal Jewish movements of North America. … career began in the 1960s, developing out of the folk music and communal singing tradition of Jewish summer camps. … … 22646 … 22594 … Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment … בר-איתן אבי … …
Four Melodies for Four Questions
… the 'Traditional' Israeli Melody for Mah Nishtanah Jewish music research rarely considers the Jewish home as a … even though major ceremonies of Judaism which include music take place within the circle of the immediate or … version may reflect an Eastern European version of this ancient learning formula. …
“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… melodies and textual variations. Text Sources The text is ancient and appears in a Cairo Geniza manuscript (T-S … ha-navi havenah' . [4] It is worth noting that these ancient sources do not explicitly attribute the piyyut to R. … from B’nai Jeshrun: http://www.bj.org/spiritual-life/music-of-bj/invitation-to-piyyut-na/el-eliyahu/ Literary …
The Biblical NEBEL
… and the state of research permit. … 9434 … Biblical … Music … Harp … Ancient Israel … Ancient music … Ancient Instruments … Ancient … Bible … The …
The “Proclamation Style” in Hebrew Music
… deal with here is quite well known to specialists of Hebrew music. Nearly all of them have encountered it, although, as … so since, in our opinion, it is one of the oldest strata of ancient Hebrew music. The sharp exposition of the intervals … and the fifth seems a striking characteristic of a group of ancient Jewish melodies. They are 'spinal' tones …
Between Tradition and Modernity
… Maier Levi of Esslingen is volume 12 of the JMRC's Yuval Music Series. The new production comprises 179 liturgical … book: “Maier Levi bequeathed to posterity a manuscript of musical scores, a ‘cantorial compendium,’ that must be … format. We also include here one of the two versions of the ancient poem Avinu Malkenu as a streaming sample. …
Jubal in the Middle Ages
… Mediaeval treatises on music usually begin with a series of stereotype … answers, very often in the following order: (1) Quid sit musica ; (2) unde dicetur ; (3) a quibus sit inventa . The … them that play upon the harp and the organ,' steps out of ancient, antediluvial times in Genesis IV together with his …
A.Z. Idelsohn: A Pioneer in Jewish Ethnomusicology
… of the twentieth century, the study and research of Jewish music was motivated by the belief that the music of biblical times survived in the living traditions of … which started the modern search after the true and most ancient sources of Jewish music. The beginnings of the new …