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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 …
Elohim Eshala
… They formed an ensemble specializing on Israeli “folk music” called “Oranim Tzabar” playing arrangements by … singer, Aharon Amram, a young newcomer from Yemen in the early 1950s who eventually became one of the most important … from the surrounding Muslim majority, as well as on the early arrival of exiled Israelites from Judea to the Arabian …
Karaite Jews Musical Tradition
… sect's central administration. The Karaite Legacy and its Musical Tradition The Karaite legacy, which was formed and … part of the performance of texts within the various yearly and life-cycle ceremonies. In some cases, certain … the prayer, whose texts and melodies are suited to the yearly cycle: secular days, the various Sabbaths, holidays, …
Yiddish Folksong (The Music of the Yiddish Folksong)
… strata, makes it possible to speculate in regards to the musical development of the tradition, despite the lack of early documentation of the musical aspect. One might assume … still do not agree on the answer and when examining the early publications that document Yiddish folksongs …