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Asher Shimon Mizrahi
… community took notice of Asher Mizrahi’s pleasant voice and musical talents, and he began to earn money working as a … the Muslim community in Tunisia and composed many songs in Arabic. In 1919, with the conclusion of WWI and the release … Mizrahi’s voice was one of the first to be aired on the new broadcast station established in Tunisia . The first song of …
Salah El Kuweiti
… 17. He played violin, sang, composed, and achieved great musical fame in Iraq together with his brother, Daoud, who … very important to Baghdadi musical life – headed the Iraqi broadcasting channel ensemble and programmed its music for … played and sang, and also through performances with the Arabic Orchestra of Kol Yisrael (Israeli Broadcasting …
Elohim Eshala
… They formed an ensemble specializing on Israeli “folk music” called “Oranim Tzabar” playing arrangements by … by a group. The form of most of these songs is that of the Arabic muwashsha h [1] or tawashih . A major characteristic … of Yemenite origin Bracha Zefira , sang Elohim Eshala in a broadcast dedicated to Jewish-Yemenite tunes (see the …
Brakha Tzefira
… old city of Jerusalem, she and her friends were exposed to Arabic songs and melodies. They used to challenge themselves … His wife Hadassah, Brakha's beloved teacher, encouraged her musical talents, and proposed that Tzefira should sing … One of their most important performances was at the premier broadcast of the Palestine Broadcasting Service in 1936, …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… legislative design. Because of the “folk” origins of its music and the re-writing of Naftali Herz Imber’s poem … as follows: you take a Russian, Ukrainian, Rumanian or also Arabic or Turkish melody, adapt it to the new Hebrew song, … for Hatikvah by the Hebrew section of the Palestine Broadcasting Service during the British Mandate of …
Jewish Professional Musicians in Iraq and Israel, Revisited
… In 1979 Esther Warkov , a young American PhD student in ethnomusicology, came to Israel to study the music of … Israeli culture. Only one Israeli institution— the Israeli Broadcast Authority (IBA) —supported an Arabic music orchestra on its ‘Voice of Israel in Arabic’ …
Salim Shibith (Salim Ha-Cohen)
… took the additional step of engaging a teacher of Arabic literature and poetry to augment his education at a … of the maqam , wrote Na‘im Twayna in his series on Iraqi musicians in Al-Anba’ newspaper (June 30, 1978). It is … Rashid al-Qundarji. In time, Shibith performed at the Iraqi broadcasting station and became the preferred vocalist at …
Fog al-Nakhal (فوق النخل): Multicultural and Transnational Journeys of an Iraqi Folksong
… It is a muwwashshah, “girdle” song, a traditional strophic Arabic form characterized by its refrain between the … history is complex, revealing a number of interrelated musical and textual settings. Looking into the information … pre-existing Iraqi folk songs for radio and television broadcast. [2] Ghazali’s vocal style and ornamentations set …
Sarah Harat
… henna and wedding events, [ 1 ] and in those occasions her musical skills surfaced already at a young age when she … songs that Sarah used to performed amid Yemenite songs in Arabic. Sarah also composed and performed songs on topical … Department of Kol Israel, the radio station of the Israel Broadcasting Authority, she agreed to appear on radio …
Yossef (Yusuf) Zaarur
… Childhood and early musical career Yossef (Yusuf) Zaarur (يوسف زعرور) was born … especially after the two had met at the 1932 Congress of Arabic Music in Cairo (see more below). Al-Akkad al-Saghir … Baghdad, aka Republic of Iraq Radio, launched its first broadcast on July 1, 1936 Soon after, the new radio station …