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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 …
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 …
In The Land Of The Pyramids: A Secular Take On Passover
… field of inquiry into the processes that constitute Jewish music repertoires, most especially in the modern period, … of David Edelstadt from the earliest edition of his songs, Folks Gedikhte , New York, Hebrew Publications Company, … its catchy melody led to its reception and popularity as a “folk” song, at times deprived of any mention of authorship. …
Moshe Attias
… The Jewish Music Research Centre announces with sadness the recent … one of the most distinguished and long-standing Moroccan musicians in Israel. This short note prepared by JMRC … does not mean what he says.” Oz further defined him as “a folk clown, he sings as he speaks, without censorship.” …
Nuestro Señor Eloheinu/Las tablas de la Ley: A Song for Shavuot
… in sections according to the different Turkish makam s (musical modes), titled Shirei Israel be-eretz ha-qedem … to makam Rast places this version in the realm of Turkish music. Secondly, the title clearly delineates its … of the Sephardic Jews of Tetuan and Morocco ,” Track 09, Folkways Records, 1983. This relatively early recording …
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… seaboard. With me, I carry a treasure, a piece of lost musical history, or so I believe. Saved on my mobile phone … stored in the shelves of the Lebanese Foundation for Arab Music Archiving and Research (AMAR). Located in the little … how the dabke , one of the region’s most popular folk dances, belonged to the Palestinian national struggle: …
The Fall of Jerusalem in Song: The Ashkenazi Melody She’eh ne’esar
… Hebrew Hymn Melodies : The Rise and development of a Musical Tradition (Tel Aviv, 1970), Hanoch Avenary set a new … the “Western” melody, i.e. Sulzer’s, is similar to German folk melodies, some documented as early as the fifteenth … is found in many Ashkenazi liturgical melodies and Yiddish folksongs. All in all, this oral version vindicates Wodak’s …
The Edith Gerson-Kiwi Legacy
… (1908-1992) is considered one of the founders of Israeli musicology. She studied piano and musicology in Berlin, … in different post-war sub-disciplines of musicology such as folk music research, Cantus-Planus-research, or the study of … four articles in the JMRC journal Yuval : Vocal Folk-Polyphonies of the Western Orient in Jewish Tradition, …