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Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
… set to the melody of the American song. The setting of this Biblical Hebrew verse to this song was documented in the … item (Zemereshet, #2774). It also became a Hebrew chant in the sports arena with the lyrics Hagavi’a hu …
The Fall of Jerusalem in Song: The Ashkenazi Melody She’eh ne’esar
… phrase in the cantillation of the Book of Lamentations, the biblical book recited during the Ninth of Av. Your browser … in the third volume of Naumbourg’s Z’miroth Israel , Chants Religieux d es Israëlites : Contenant l es Hymnes, l …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… and Yiddish. Many of these texts touch directly upon the biblical story, while others refer to the traumatic memory … We have located in these sources thirteen transcriptions of chants for ʽ Akedah piyyutim recorded between 1840 and the … is a psalmodic chant to which verses from the biblical Book of Lamentations are sung during the Divine …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… its relationship to some features of the Ashkenazi Torah chant. Placing the three sub-types of the “common” Ashkenazi … the old-fashioned pentatonics with their reminiscences of Biblical chant. The “alternative” Eastern European melody of … on the High Holidays. The use of a prominent motif of Biblical chant as the final cadence of most Shofet versions …
Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… intoned reading of Torah, Haftarah, and other Biblical texts in liturgical contexts—has attracted the … since the day of the Renaissance Humanists. [1] The Hebrew chanting depends on the text, and is determined by the … melodies or “modes” in the Eastern Ashkenazi tradition of Biblical cantillation; I will characterize each mode with a …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… of Hatikvah . Alternatively, scholars have invocated the Biblical ‘Vision of the Dried Bones’ (Ezekiel 37, 11-12) as … Central and Eastern Europe. On the other hand, the “Biblical” thesis speaks more about a desire to ground the … like a folksong than an ecclesiastical [read: synagogue] chant, and hence it is inappropriate for liturgical use.” …
Ehad mi Yodea - Its sources, variations, and parodies
… number is given a symbolic meaning that is connected to Biblical figures, concepts, and objects related to Judaism: … of which may seem far removed from the original Passover chant. The following example [referring to the discussed … Rachel Clara. “Songs of the ‘Twelve Numbers’ and the Hebrew Chant of ‘Echod Mi Yodea’.” Journal of American Folklore 62, …
Karaite Jews Musical Tradition
… Over the course of these many centuries, liturgical chants within the synagogue and outside of it have served as … parts (volume 4) are made up of poems, piyyutim, and post-biblical compositions. The Karaite musical tradition, which … as many members of the community as possible in the chanting can probably be traced back to an ancient tradition …
Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim
… to help guard against spirits and harmful things. The biblical commandment of the Priestly Blessing does not … bless the Children of Israel. It is usually assumed that in biblical times, the blessings were performed during the … them. Despite their lack of practice, many priests can chant very complex melodies. Therefore, when looking at the …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… its relationship to some features of the Ashkenazi Torah chant. Placing the three sub-types of the “common” Ashkenazi … the old-fashioned pentatonics with their reminiscences of Biblical chant. The “alternative” Eastern European melody of … on the High Holidays. The use of a prominent motif of Biblical chant as the final cadence of most Shofet versions …