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“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… with the coming of Elijah the Prophet and the redemption of Israel from its enemies. The paytan (poet) pictorially … published in many diverse locations and periods. Among the early printings that should be emphasized is “ Seder … It was recorded by Jewish artists from the East in very early recordings. Cantor Yitzhak Algazi recorded the Ottoman …
The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… … Track 14 from the 1998 JMRC recording Nights in Canaan, Early Songs of the Land of Israel (1882-1946) . … Not all traditional Jewish holiday … study of this song, Ayelet Ettinger has shown that as early as 1450/1 an imitation of Kikhlot yeini , in fact a …
El Incendio de Saloniki: The Song of the Fire
… on historical events and Jewish festivities of the yearly cycle. Susana Weich-Shahak defines the copla as a poem … available, including quite a few at the National Library of Israel (NLI). Below are a several versions of the song. Some … Saltiel’s ethnographic recording, here the metric form is clearly outlined, primarily performed in 2/4, with occasional …
The Liturgy of Beta Israel: Music of the Ethiopian Jewish Prayer
… Jewish population of Ethiopia was flown from the Sudan to Israel between November 1984 and early January 1985. In the wake of this operation, the Israeli absorption authorities decided to gather the Qessoch …
Bernardo Feuer
… school in his hometown and was drawn to music from an early age. Feuer learned the basics of music from his … Hazomir. Out of this core group of young amateurs, some early members of Hazomir would eventually become the … to the city of Rosario (Santa Fe province) to work at the Israelite Association of Rosario. He led that institution’s …

Eduard Birnbaum - a Bibliography
… in Cincinnati in 1979-80, in a project directed by Prof. Israel Adler. The present work is one of the results of this … his pupil Samuel Gutmann who wanted to publish them in the early 1930's. This project, as well as Arno Nadel's project …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… as part of Parashat Vayera’ (Gen. XVIII:1 – XXII:24), early in the annual cycle of weekly portions, and on the … [10] Still, the overwhelming majority of poems clearly indicates that the ideal form for an ‘Akedah piyyut … National Sound Archives (NSA) at the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem has yielded only one recording. [32] It …
In The Land Of The Pyramids: A Secular Take On Passover
… well as in the modern Hebrew song repertoire in the Land of Israel. I am grateful to Dr. Neil Levin for his gracious … the Old to the New World, it is worth stressing that as early as the 1880s, America began exporting Yiddish songs … . and workers sing his songs with tears in their eyes.” As early as 1914, twenty-two years after Edlestadt died, …
Moshe Attias
… most distinguished and long-standing Moroccan musicians in Israel. This short note prepared by JMRC Director, Professor … label at their studio on Raziel Street in Jaffa. These early recording sessions were all “live to tape,” unlike … a hallmark of Moroccan religious devotion, hillulot , the yearly celebrations of the death anniversary of saintly …
Nuestro Señor Eloheinu/Las tablas de la Ley: A Song for Shavuot
… receiving of the Ten Commandments, and the arrival of the Israelites to the land of Canaan. Geographically, our song … as a hub for the wide distribution of our song as early as the first half of the 18th century: Venice, with … region. Below we will highlight only a few. One significant early publication is derived from a collection of Hebrew and …