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Steiger
… A term in use in the European Jewish musical tradition to refer to the different modal types of … Steiger, there is room to improvise (this is similar to the Arab Maqam). Cantors and skilled service leaders can … http://kavanahcorner.com/student_center/ahava_raba/ahavarabatranslate.htm … The prayer Nekadesh Et Shimkha …
Israeli folksongs
… The songs within the genre of Israeli Folksongs also share musical similarities. These include the fact that many are … from other traditions, such as Russian, Hassidic, Yiddish, Arabic, and Greek. In the media, these songs are generally … of a new, Hebrew, non-Diaspora Jew. As part of this effort, music held an integral role. This can be seen through the …
Dort wo die Zeder: A Forgotten Zionist Anthem in German
… on the basis of German aesthetics, in this case poetic and musical. Dort wo die Zeder also shows how the Zionist … wo die Zeder has been profusely printed with and without musical notation and distributed orally since its original … and in the performance participated also the great Bessarabian cantor Barukh Schorr (1823-1904) with harmonium …
Andalusian Nuba
… of the Nuba, which is considered the pinnacle of Andalusian music, from its origins in 9 th century Spain, its arrival … back to 9 th century Cordoba, Spain. It was created by the Arab musician Ali Ibn Nafi , known as Ziryab, who was active … (Muslim Spain). This school was based on the classical Arabic music of Bagdad mixed with other traditions that were …

The Israeli Mediterranean Style
… selected versions of European Mediterranean styles in art music that Jewish composers—the founders of Israeli music, … Israeli Jews (i.e., the musics of local and regional Arab and Persian Jews) and other Mizrahi and local, … oriental style was shaped by his studies and teaching in Arab countries, Lebanon and Egypt. Finally, Josef Tal and …
Had Gadya
… the modern fate of the song with in contemporary Israeli musical repertoire. H ad Gadya was incorporated to the … Jews and was translated into the vernacular (Ladino, Arabic, etc.). Songs similar to H ad Gadya are found in … its persecutors. A contemporary take on H ad Gadya and its musical setting Along with its various literary …
Had Gadya in Israeli Culture
… the modern fate of the song with in contemporary Israeli musical repertoire. H ad Gadya was incorporated to the … Jews and was translated into the vernacular (Ladino, Arabic, etc.). Songs similar to H ad Gadya are found in … its persecutors. A contemporary take on H ad Gadya and its musical setting Along with its various literary …
Judeo-Spanish Songs for the Life Cycle in the Eastern Mediterranean
… songs, their language and literary content as well as the musical styles of the melodies. You can download MP3s at Amazon , or find it on Apple Music . … אטיאס, משה | Attias, Moshe 1961 Romancero … in: Amnon Shiloah (ed.), The Performance of Jewish and Arab music in Israel Today , vol.1, pp. 9-26. 1998 “Social …
Chasidic in America
… Olshanetsky , the composer who is credited with the music of The Cantor’s Son . This virtuosic, wordless song … between the Eastern European Jewish and the Afro-American musical realms. Indeed Hankus Netsky, klezmer scholar and … in the synagogue at the age of six in his homeland of Bessarabia (Imperial Russia). After his immigration to America …
Likhvod Hatanna Haelokai (In Honor of the Holy Tanna)
… of the Land of Israel, who, for generations, had lived with Arabs and had adopted the Arab language, dress, and customs) were the ones who had … in the celebrations at Mount Meron According to the klezmer musician Moshe (“Musa”) Berlin , the performance practices …