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Sounds from the Divine: Religious Musical Instruments in the Ancient Near East
… part of religious acts in most, if not all, known cultures of the ancient as well as the modern world. Musical …
The Ala-Instrument: its Identification and Role
… in contemporary Iraq; thus comparisons with other musical cultures from around the world must be made. In making …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… scale, thus enriching the pentatonic music in various cultures. Chailley applied Brailoiu’s observations in …
Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
… Melngailis’s collection that relate specifically to Baltic cultures are rather an exception. Recruiting folk songs in … of the theory of the proto-Indo-European roots of European cultures, a theory grounded on strong linguistic evidence. … this negative view of the Asian origins of European cultures contrasts with a predominant Zionist rhetoric that …
La Galana: A Very Old-New Sephardic Song
… around the world offer unique vistas on past musical cultures. These findings show the extent to which …
Music, Muslims and Jews
… found themselves living in lands where Arab and Persian cultures and languages predominated. Jews of these lands … later, when they came under Ottoman rule—Turkish cultures, a process that continued until the mid-twentieth …
German Jewish Sacred Musical Intersections
… Jewish Music Mapped of Da’at Hamakom ( https://music.jewish-cultures-mapped.org ) developed under the direction of PI …
Paul Fenton
… of research covers the interaction of Jewish and Islamic cultures, especially in the areas of mysticism, philosophy …
Naomi Bahat-Ratzon
… Researcher focusing on traditional and folk dance of various cultures, among them the Druze community in the villages of …
Mapping of German Liturgical Music
The Jewish Music Research Centre is proud to present a map of all known and available…