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Like Two Branches
Cantata (text in Arabic by al-Khansa, a 7th century Arabic woman poet) for chamber choir…
Amnon Shiloah
Born in Lanus, Argentina in 1928 to a family of Jewish immigrants from Syria, Shiloah…
Ya meḥayei alnafos (He who gives my spirit life)
Girdle poem in Arabic and Hebrew by Shalem Shalazi, signed Alshabazi Mashta. It…
A Moroccan Synagogue Service
… of paraliturgical Hebrew (and at times Judeo-Arabic and Aramaic) poetry. This poetry is set to Andalusian musical …
Taqsim: Instrumental Improvisation in Near Eastern Traditions
This recording presents traditional instrumental solo improvisations performed by Arab…
Shir hatunah be-leyl hamishi kesheyoshvim im he-hatan (be-aravit)
Shir hatunah be-leyl hamishi kesheyoshvim im he-hatan (be-aravit). Wedding song for the…
Kaddish
… and central parts of the Jewish liturgy. Most of it is in Aramaic, and it is used as a passage between various parts … after a study of an 'Agadah,' which was conducted in Aramaic as well. Only during the Ge'onim era didthe Kaddish …
Maqam
Arabic term often translated as ‘mode’, ‘scale’, or ‘melody.’