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Like Two Branches
… Cantata (text in Arabic by al-Khansa , a 7th century Arabic woman poet) for chamber choir, two oboes, ḳanun (or … Israel … Poetry … Cantatas … Arabic … Cantata … Israeli art music … Israeli composers … Khansa … Tsippi Fleischer … Like …

Der Gesang Israels und seine Quellen : ein Beitrag zur hebräischen Musikologie
… singing of Israel and its sources: a contribution to Hebrew musicology. Includes chapters about music in the bible, masoretic accents,dance, arabic songs, and music of different Jewish cultural groups. … Verlag … … 1975 … Jewish … Music … Israel … Bible … Dance … Arabic … Masoretic accents - Te'amim … Taamey hamikra … …
Baqqashah (Pl. Baqqashot)
… in that the piyyutim are arranged according to the maqamat (musical modes) in use in the court music of the Ottoman … of Judeo-Spanish songs) and of the peoples of the region: Arabic, Turkish, Greek and Persian tunes. In Najara’s book, … in the headings of the piyyutim. The use of Turkish or Arabic maqamat and melodies of the surrounding musical …
Ner Haviv, Ner Na'eh
… the identification of texts’ author and an additional musical version, very different from the one we released … set Sh. Shalom’s poem to a melody following a traditional Arabic pattern, composer Yehoyachin (Joachim) Stutschewsky … set the same poem to a very different musical style. This version of the song was recorded in an …
Hayrana Laih
… in the Arab world, but also has connections to Jewish musical contexts and musicians. The lyrics of Hayrana Laih … recognized as the first Arab composer to write an opera in Arabic ( Samson and Delilah ). He enriched Arab music by … from Hayrana Laih , taking us from Egypt to Israel, from Arabic to Hebrew, from the secular space to the religious …
Ten Zemirot Ami: New Melodies for Piyyutim from the Aleppo Mahzor (1527)
… ‘ami is the second disc in the new “Contemporary Jewish Music” series of the Jewish Music Research Centre. This new series differs in character … now involved in integrating the piyyut with the art of the Arabic maqam : R. David Menahem , Roni Ish-Ran, Yair Dalal, …
Hay ram galeh
… it became major hub for liturgical and paraliturgical music in the modern western section of Jerusalem. It also … Aleppo muwashsha h at and the rising new styles of Egyptian Arabic music developing from the late 19 th century onwards. … Middle Eastern Sephardic tradition of turning secular Arabic songs into sacred Hebrew ones. Halevi is certainly …
Elohim Eshala
… They formed an ensemble specializing on Israeli “folk music” called “Oranim Tzabar” playing arrangements by … Amram’s authentic voice blends here with a non-Yemenite Arabic sound, a musical style brought to Israel by … by a group. The form of most of these songs is that of the Arabic muwashsha h [1] or tawashih . A major characteristic …
Brakha Tzefira
… old city of Jerusalem, she and her friends were exposed to Arabic songs and melodies. They used to challenge themselves … words of Hebrew poems, especially those of Bialik, to the Arabic or Sephardic melodies that they liked. Later on in … His wife Hadassah, Brakha's beloved teacher, encouraged her musical talents, and proposed that Tzefira should sing …

Embroidered Canticles
… Directed by Izza Genini Film about Andalusian Jewish music. Featuring interviews on the subject aling with … Louk (information on his album that he released with Jewish Music Research Centre can be found here ) and Abdelsadek … … Rabbi Haim Louk … Andalusian … Izza Genini … Film … Arabic … Nuba … Embroidered Canticles …