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Mateša, mateša (4a)
This is a nonsense song girls sing while sitting on a swing (mateša). The word for swing…
"Im Nin’alu Daltei Nedivim" (Were the gates of the munificent closed)
Im nin’alu daltei nedivim is a shira by Shalem Shabazi, signed Alshabazi. This poem is…
Muyhoytü äji dukhdär?
Muyhoytü äji dukhdär? ("Where is your hair"), is a wedding song in form of a…
The Jerusalem-Sephardic Tradition
This article shows the crystallization of the prayer and singing style known as “…
Esther R. Warkov
Esther Warkov's seminal contributions to the study of Arab music and Arab-Jewish…
A Jewish Sufi on the Influence of Music
The Judeo- Arabic treatise “Al Murhid ila al- tafarrud” includes fragments of musical…
Tarbut
Directed by Ilan Eldad
This film discusses culture in Israel during the 1960s. In it…
Die Makamen in der hebraeischen Poesie der orientalischen Juden
'The Maqamat in the Hebrew Poetry of the Oriental Jews' A frequent feature in Hebrew…
Medieval Elements in the Liturgical Music of the Jews of Southern France and Northern Spain
Refutes the theory held by Idelsohn and others that Sephardic music reflected solely…
Theodor Bikel
Born in Vienna, Austria and immigrated to Palestine with his parents at age 13. Studied…