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Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… century and relied instead on oral transmission of their musical traditions. [15] The only implicit written records … the same melody. The melody itself presents a mixture of a folk tune and a psalmodic chant. It is simple, easily … of Ashkenazic Hazanim .” In Studies in Biblical and Jewish Folklore . Ed. Raphael Patai et al . Indiana University …
Musical Tradition and its Transmitters between Synagogue and Church
… with two tasks: (1) to examine the concept of 'national folksong' and its applicability in the instance of the musical tradition of the old Synagogue; (2) the attitude of Western music historians to the question of Jewish influence on …
Persistence and Transformation of a Sephardi - Penitential Hymn under Changing Environmental Conditions
… ' … The comparison of a great number of variants of a folk melody was undertaken by Bela Bartok at the beginning … upon the comparison of tunes influenced by different music cultures. Idelsohn did not content himself with the … Sephardim … Sephardi music … Melodic variants … Variants … Folk melodies … Folk music … Persistence and Transformation …
Numerical Representation of Variants of Orally Transmitted Tunes
… It is a well-known fact that orally transmitted (folk) tunes exist in many variants, which differ from each other musically, textually, and even in the language used. … harder to establish. In comparative musicology and folklore the proof of the affinity of a variant or …
Yemenite Qasīd Songs (Hebrew)
… the other types in content and in language. The poems are folk songs, light, entertaining, and amusing in content. … of time. The composers of these songs were mostly gifted folk poets. The subjects are amusing tales from the Jewish … and they provided entertainment through their content and music. The qasid were sung at the end of parties, once the …
Towards a Typology of the Judeo-Spanish Folksong: Gerineldo and the Romance Model
… a long-term project which seeks to define the Judeo-Spanish folksong as represented in its geographical distribution, by … which reflect the multidimensional character of the folksong. A definition will be obtained, therefore, when the … at the very least, two components, text and music, an interdisciplinary approach is necessary in order …
Unintentional History: Musical Moments in 1930s Yiddish Films
… has shown in a lifetime of work, the history of Jewish music is really a set of complex, interlocking histories. … of a given Jewish community and time in terms of its musical life. One type of situation, which I … the only surviving footage of spontaneous pre-Holocaust folk choreography. In the present brief contribution, I will …
Vocal Folk-Polyphonies of the Western Orient in Jewish Tradition
… we encounter the fateful question if this kind of music making is at all in the nature of man, and therefore … research. … 9480 … Vocal … Vocal music … Polyphony … Folk music … Instruments … Percussion … Definitions … Monophony … Jewish … Vocal Folk-Polyphonies of the Western Orient in Jewish Tradition … …
Bernardo Feuer
… and secondary school in his hometown and was drawn to music from an early age. Feuer learned the basics of music … synagogue material and included arrangements of Jewish folk songs, choral parts of operas in the original language … , they proposed to the “Vaad Hajinuj” to establish a Jewish folk choir with the aim of spreading Jewish culture through …
El Incendio de Saloniki: The Song of the Fire
… with them as they migrated, including literary traditions, musical forms and the Judeo-Spanish language, Ladino. The Jewish musical life that developed in Saloniki consisted of these … Another song regarding the Great Fire: http://www.jewishfolksongs.com/he/el-dio-la-mate-esta-grega Footnotes: 1. …