… or 'ghumuz' in Juhuri and Qumiq), adopted by musicians from eastern Caucasus (also Azerbaijan and western Caucasus) in … of the same name which is found throughout the Near East .   Komoncha is a spike fiddle of four strings. Widespread in Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, eastern Caucasus and Persia, the instrument is decorated …

… are from Torino in the west to Trieste and Gorizia in the east and from Milano in the north to Florence and Ancona in …

… characterized the composition of new piyyutim in the Middle East for many centuries. The zenith of this practice among … This style merges diverse Jewish practices from the Middle East, such as the urban Turkish-Ottoman style that was … H ay ram galeh represents a late stage in the rooted Middle Eastern Sephardic tradition of turning secular Arabic songs …

… and performing with a fusion of musics between middle eastern Jewish and Arab musics, flamenco, and sephardic … Composer … oud player … Guitar … Flamenco … Spain … Middle East … Andalusian … Ofer Ronen … biography …

… in Europe and arrived in a desolate country in the Middle East, could feel themselves as the lonely traveler of this …

… reflect the original musical intentions of Najara, or at least the spirit of his intentions. This was made possible by … research of the oral tradition of the Sephardic Jews of the Eastern Mediterranean. Afterwards, the performing artists … of the music and created an interesting combination of east and west. This piyyut is based upon the melody of the …

… also in the Yemenite rite where it has been found since at least the early eighteenth century (see, manuscript Berlin - … is that this Western Ashkenazi source apparently moved eastwards, as it contains many Eastern Ashkenazi texts added later in its margins. Through …

… Z ur Tune:  New Facts for its History, in Encounters of East and West in Music (Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv University, …

… Set to Music (Early 12th Century)" in  Encounters of East and West in Music  (Tel Aviv: 1979), 118-136. … …

… Purim, Purim lanu” by the Jews of North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. The present version, performed by the …

… preferred by the communities of the “Polish rite” (East of the Elbe and Moldau river) (see image no.3). A … their reminiscences of Biblical chant. The “alternative” Eastern European melody of Shofet kol ha’arez bears the … melodies, the “common” or Western and the “alternative” or Eastern, one have some common features: interesting motivic …

… & Co., Feist & Frankenthaler and F.A. Mills. Originally at East 14th Street and around Union Square, the location of …