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Shir hatunah be-leyl hamishi kesheyoshvim im he-hatan (be-aravit)
… hamishi kesheyoshvim im he-hatan (be-aravit). Wedding song for the 5th night when a groom sits with a group (in … of lower voices. The translation is “You have taught my heart to love, gazelle, oh my beloved, and my mind was …
Ani hatsal [sic] (Shir hatunah)
… Ani hatsal [sic] (Shir hatunah). I am rising (the wedding song). Performed by Yemenite Jews (male voice and choir) on … by Abraham Zvi Idelsohn in one of his earliest Hebrew articles titled “Yemenite Jews and their Songs” ( Luah … such as Yoel Engel in volume 2 of his Jewish Folksongs (starts at 25:05). The second text, sung to the same melody, is …
Tsur levavi shokhen aliya (shir le-hatunah)
… shokhen aliya (shir le-hatunah). The stronghold of my heart, the inhabitant of heights (wedding song). A wedding piyut by Iraqi Jewish poet Salih Masliah …
Pizmon al masaot mi-Bagdad ad kever Yehezkel ha-navi.
… Pizmon al masaot mi-Bagdad ad kever Yehezkel ha-navi. Song about travels from Baghdad to the tomb of Ezekiel the … the Prophet may his virtue stand us amen). It is a serial song in which each stanza refers to a different station … around the festival of Shavu’ot and also Succoth, starting with the formula “The station of the [number] day …
Agadelkha Elohei (Shir ha-yihud)
… Agadelkha Elohei ( Shir ha-yihud ). I will praise you, god (Song of Unity). Performed by hakham Nissim (with choir) from … a piyut by R. Abraham Ibn Ezra (1092-1167). The recording starts with and consists only of the second line of the poem … damaged. The subtitle “Shir ha-yihud” is puzzling as the song that bears this title is customary only in Ashkenazi …
Naomi Bahat-Ratzon
… in Israel. Along with Bahat they edited records focusing on songs from the Diwan of the Jews of Central Yemen. Bahat-Ratzon also published numerous articles and books focusing on ethnic music and dance in …
Eliyahu Hacohen
… about the most diverse aspects of the modern Hebrew song (aka Zemer ‘ivri or Shirei Eretz Israel ) in its … to be performed by “the people” rather than by trained artists. Born in 1935 in Neve Tzedek (one of the oldest … together with Dan Almagor the legendary program “Sharti lakh artzi” ("I sang to you, my country") . On the air …
Isaac Levy
… of the state, he was appointed head of the Ladino department at the Israeli public radio, Kol Yisrael ("Voice of … His life's work was devoted to collect and to preserve the songs of Sephardic Jews; these songs had been passed down orally from generation to …
Karel Berman
… After extensive musical education, Karel Berman started his career as a bass singer of opera in Opava. In … 1943, Berman was deported to Theresienstadt, where he took part in cultural life as a singer, composer and director. On … for example, he and Rafael Schächter produced the "Four songs to words of Chinese poetry " by Pavel Haas for the …
Az yashir Moshe (Song of the Sea; Exodus 15) (2 versions)
… The Song of the Sea or Song of Moses, a section of the morning liturgy, is sung in … that are still sung by the Western Sephardi Jews, most particularly by those from New York City (see Salomon 1969). …