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The Fall of Jerusalem in Song: The Ashkenazi Melody She’eh ne’esar

… ne'esar' in his A Voice Still Heard: The Sacred Song of the Ashkenazic Jews (University Park and London, 1976, pp. … version of the melody, identified by Avenary as the “Eastern European” one, is quoted from Idelsohn in volume 8 … Thesaurus of Oriental Jewish Melodies , dedicated to the Eastern European Ashkenazi liturgy (1932, no. 211). This …

Figure 2: 'Enosh ʽad daka tashev' with the Indication Be-niggun ‘Akedah

Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac

… Niggun ‘Akedah is an Ashkenazi melody firmly associated with the Binding of … rite ( minhag ’Ashkenaz ); we have not discovered any Eastern Ashkenazi ( minhag Polin and minhag Lita ) … whereas the left column is entitled Minhag Polen (i.e. Eastern Ashkenazi rite) and contains the piyyut ’Omnam ken …

Between Tradition and Modernity

… and Modernity: The High Holy Days Melodies of Minhag Ashkenaz According to Ḥazzan Maier Levi of Esslingen is … of the major publications undertaken in the field of the Ashkenazi liturgy. We quote from the introduction to the … most significant transcriptions of the oral tradition of Ashkenazic ḥazzanut. More specifically, this compendium, …

Four Melodies for Four Questions

… in a liquid] once; on this night, twice. The traditional Ashkenazi learning tune Already in the late Middle Ages … phrase, a common learning technique in religious schools in Eastern Europe. Our website includes two illuminating … passing tones, 2, 7flat and 7 that hints to a more Eastern European character. Baer Ma Nishtana, 1877 Close …

A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions

… 1. Bavaria/Frankfurt-Main 2. Venizia/Gorizia 3. Province Ashkenazi/Sephardi Ashkenazi/Sephardi Ashkenazi/Sephardi 3 … source apparently moved eastwards, as it contains many Eastern Ashkenazi texts added later in its margins. Through … Ashkenazi liturgical poems such as Shofet kol ha’aretz to Eastern Europe. When Shofet kol ha’aretz appeared in printed …

Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis

… on musical features of Jewish cantillation in the Eastern Ashkdnazi tradition, a tradition that developed in … Russia, Ukraine and Poland and is now widely practiced in Ashkenazi congregations around the world. There are six sets of melodies or “modes” in the Eastern Ashkenazi tradition of Biblical cantillation; I will …

Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story

… transliterated in Latin letters in an inconsistent mix of Ashkenazic and Sephardic pronunciations. None of the songs … such a Yiddish song. The modality is reminiscent of Middle-Eastern songs, such as the baladi songs of Syrian and … incorporate elements of Yemenite songs in combination with Eastern European motives – making this a paramount example …