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Had Gadya
… The Study of Yiddish: Studies in Language, Yiddish Folklore and Literature 1 (1954), pp. 214-218 where he … short, the song appears to have circulated in its initial folk version in Provence, in a transitional form, … by Jews (such as American English) and acquired different melodies throughout the Jewish diaspora (see: Ladino …

Shir HaKavod
… after the Kiddush, while having a snack in the synagogue. Melodies This Piyyut has a few melodies associated with it, … It was after Yom Kippur in a small town, some of the townsfolk went to the synagogue in order to pray and found one of … night and he forgot to break his fast. According to H abad folklore, it is believed that the dancing Hassid was the …

Anim Zemirot
… after the Kiddush, while having a snack in the synagogue. Melodies This Piyyut has a few melodies associated with it … It was after Yom Kippur in a small town, some of the townsfolk went to the synagogue in order to pray and found one of … all night and he forgot to break his fast. In the H abbad folklore it is believed that the dancing Hassid was the …
Atah Ehad
… Archive. … The classification of traditional Ashkenazi melodies into clearly defined genres is a difficult, perhaps … a zemer for the Sabbath, a Hassidic niggun and a Yiddish folksong. In addition, some Ashkenazi tunes were reincarnated as Zionist songs, becoming Israeli folk songs and folk dances in both secular and religious …
Andalusian Nuba
… and semi-tones), and if one would transcribe the scales and melodies in western notation, they would not need to use … different songs of the structural progression of the Mizan, folksongs called Barwals are performed. These songs are folksongs without a chorus that are used as a kind of …
Dort wo die Zeder: A Forgotten Zionist Anthem in German
… the song a mythic aura that is commonly associated with folksongs. Dort wo die Zeder consists of four stanzas of six … pattern (V-I). In short, this is a quintessential European folk melody of the type that can be found in many Jewish … Berlin- Wien, 1923, p. 116. (Hebräisch-orientalischer Melodieschatz IV). [10] This important collection is …
Israeli folksongs
… is a summarized version of the full artice about Israeli folksongs by Talila Eliram. To read the full article, see below. The genre of Israeli folksongs amalgamates within it songs that deal mostly with … Despite the name of the genre, many of the songs' melodies were appropriated from other traditions, such as …

On the lawn of Kibbutz Ma’abarot
… singing and listening that was hosted by singer and Israeli folk song expert Eliyahu HaCohen. Throughout the evening … connections between eastern and western, Jewish and Arab melodies that are sung and demonstrated by the musicians. … Authority Archive Sponsor … … Niggunim … 1976 … Israeli Folk Songs … Niggun … Eliyahu HaCohen … Gali Atari … Oded …
Yiddish Folksong (The Music of the Yiddish Folksong)
… influenced by Slavic languages. Both the language and the folksongs, like many other elements of Ashkenazi culture, … of other surrounding languages. In a similar manner, the folksongs of the Ashkenazi Jews bare resemblance to Western … to prevent him from crying, should not sing him songs and melodies of the gentiles or Hebrew melodies that are meant …
‘I’m Sorry, It’s Yom Kippur’: Atonement through Punk (and Traditional Jewish Music)
… genres, punk music, polkas, cantorial singing, and Jewish melodies (including direct musical quotes from traditional Jewish melodies such as Chad Gadya , Ma'oz Tzur, and Al Cheyt in … invites the listener to get up and dance a hora (an Israeli folk dance, apparently not a rare occurrence at a Schmekel …