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The rediscovery of biblical chant : "The Music of the Bible Revealed" by Suzanne Haik-Vantoura
… 1991-1992 … Ancient music … Bible … Archeology … Massorah … Biblical chant … Texts … Ancient … Biblical … John Wheeler … The rediscovery of biblical chant …
Ashkenazic and Italian Liturgy
… namely the reading of the te’amim, or cantillation of Biblical texts, according to the Italian minhag. This minhag … of Turin, the only one in Italy where the Bible is still chanted today according to the Italian minhag. My analysis … of the t’amim is also based on their position within the Biblical verse, and thus directly tied to its syntactical …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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.” …
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 …
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 …