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Between Tradition and Modernity
… of the major publications undertaken in the field of the Ashkenazi liturgy. We quote from the introduction to the book: … most significant transcriptions of the oral tradition of Ashkenazic ḥazzanut. More specifically, this compendium, …

The Concept of Mode in European Synagogue Chant
… The subject of investigation is the Ashkenazi synagogue mode called Adosem malak shtejger … different period and authorship of notation. … 9433 … Ashkenazi … Ashkenazim … Ashkenazi liturgy … Ashkenazi cantorate … Shteiger … Melodies … …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… Niggun ‘Akedah is an Ashkenazi melody firmly associated with the Binding of … as will be shown below. Strongly affiliated with the liturgy of the High Holidays, the Niggun ‘Akedah served … reviews the great significance of the ‘Akedah narrative in Ashkenazi culture, as expressed through the poems that were …
The Fall of Jerusalem in Song: The Ashkenazi Melody She’eh ne’esar
… ne'esar' in his A Voice Still Heard: The Sacred Song of the Ashkenazic Jews (University Park and London, 1976, pp. … the well-entrenched presence of Sephardic poetry in Ashkenazi prayer, and the overall musical style of the … Melodies , dedicated to the Eastern European Ashkenazi liturgy (1932, no. 211). This melody is in a different mode, …
Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
… about Jewish cowboys (Gottlieb 2004, 64). Also Yemenite-Ashkenazi intermarriages in Israel during the 1930s and … which system of accentuation served the interlocutors—the Ashkenazi system, where the accent most often falls on the … Jewish work. [4] On plagal harmonic minor in the Ashkenazi liturgy, see Levine 2001, 19. [5] The volume includes …
German Jewish Sacred Musical Intersections
… for four voices a capella (substituting older improvised Ashkenazi forms of choral accompaniment), partially based on … sphere. Among other well-entrenched concepts in studies of Ashkenazi liturgical music, this study will also challenge … ) developed under the direction of PI Seroussi. … A Liturgy within the Liturgy: The German Torah Service in Past …
A Moroccan Synagogue Service
… This is a short extract of the article “ Liturgy: An Overlooked Space in the Moroccan Jewish Musical … Israel and international festivals. The performance of the liturgy, that daily, weekly and yearly spiritual diet that … by the congregation in our recording, in a suspiciously Ashkenazi-tinged tonal structure, most probably derive as we …
Avigdor (Tibor) Herzog
… of Jewish and Samaritan musical traditions. Samaritan liturgy was a special subject of his interest and he … Avigdor was himself an important carrier of the Hungarian Ashkenazi liturgical tradition and therefore he documented … the Holy Land. Another special interest for Herzog was the Ashkenazi repertoire of zemiroth Shabbat (Sabbath table …
Maoz Tzur
… by the Maccabeans. The 'Ma'oz tzur' melody from the Verona Ashkenazi ritual is a variant of the tune transcribed by … and Turin attest to its longevity among the Italian Ashkenazi communities and its popularity among Italian … … Song … Synagogue … Wedding … Festivals … Music … Songs … Liturgy … Purim … Hymns … Brith Milah … Birth … Shabbat … …
Raza Deshabbat
… cantor Pierre Pinchik (1895-1971). … Or Haganuz: Gems of Ashkenazi Hazzanut and Yiddish Songs Revived … Ashkenazi cantorate … Ashkenazi liturgy … Chazzanut … Contemporary Israeli Music … …