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Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… Yemenite rite where it has been found since at least the early eighteenth century (see, manuscript Berlin - … line of the opening stanza, is the refrain (same words and music are repeated) and x, the last line of the rest of the … Tyrnau, an Austrian rabbi active in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth century in Vienna and its vicinities who is …
Cantar de las Flores
… coplas repertoire is meant to be sung in context with the yearly holiday cycle. This copla is documented in the … with the second verse of the repeated refrain. Thus, the music divides the ten verses of the textual stanza into three identical musical strophes, each strophe consisting of four musical …
Ahavat ‘Olamim
… in 2010. This is the third disc in the Contemporary Jewish Music series produced by the Jewish Music Research Centre. It is the product of the initiative … rituals, and in non-liturgical religious songs for the early morning vigils, called Shirat ha-bakkashot. The …
Ten Zemirot Ami: New Melodies for Piyyutim from the Aleppo Mahzor (1527)
… ‘ami is the second disc in the new “Contemporary Jewish Music” series of the Jewish Music Research Centre. This new series differs in character … composed by local poets and sung by the community during yearly and life cycle events. Of the hundreds of piyyutim in …
With Songs They Respond: The Diwan of the Jews from Central Yemen
… The Jews of Yemen possess rich musical traditions, which have always been of interest to scholars of Jewish music, just as their unique cultural history has attracted the attention of Jewish scholars from an early stage. Interest in this culture is still alive today, …
Responsorial Singing
… in response to each other. It is one of the oldest musical forms and common to many peoples, cultures, and … 3:10; Sot. 5:4) and Talmud ( B. Suk . 38b; Sot. 30b) of the musical performance of the Song of the Sea — the leader … from the opening verse as a refrain — more likely reflects early synagogue responsorial forms. Yemenite Jews have …
Ades Synagogue
… tradition. In Jerusalem, the Ades community maintains the musical tradition of the Aleppine Jews. Each Shabbat is … the Bakkashot singing tradition , which is performed very early in the morning on winter Shabbats. A complementary … communities frequent Ades, along with visitors such as musicians or tourists who come to enjoy the special singing …
Seliha-Selihot
… In the Sephardic communities, the Selihot are recited early in the morning, before dawn. In Ashkenazi communities, … . 4. ' Selihot according to Siftei renanot .' Jewish Music Research Centre . 5. Sasson, Amnon. ' Seliha/ Selihot … [3] ' Selihot according to Siftei renanot .' Jewish Music Research Centre . N.p., August 2008. Web. 4 Mar …
Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim
… Sources of the Priestly Blessing- the Holy Temple and the Early Synagogue The Priestly Blessing, recited by the … a few changes in the transition from the Holy Temple to the early synagogue. In the synagogue, the priests raise their … the words ' Yishar koa h .' The Simple Reading The musical capabilities of the priests are very diverse and …
Kedusha
… the Nussa h im, on the other hand, kept this custom. From a musical perspective, the Kedusha does not have a unique … festive and serious melody in accordance with the text. The early cantors' manuals contain many ornamented musical examples to the word 'Na'aritzekha,' in which the …