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Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… practiced in Ashkenazi congregations around the world. There are six sets of melodies or “modes” in the Eastern … in common, including the scale and focal pitches, but whereas Haftarah trope reaches upward with gestures of … commentaries (see also Cohen 1972, Khan 2000, and Strauss Sherebrin 2013). Example 1 provides a relatively simple …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… four lines in the rhyme pattern AAAX, BBBxX, CCCxX, etc., whereas X, the last line of the opening stanza, is the … of the Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts (hereby: IMHM) at the National Library of Israel, we can … circle of the (Western Ashkenazi) users of this manuscript there was an awareness that a traditional melody for Shofet …
Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… the mainstream of Jewish life and into their synagogues, where many worshippers were seeking more accessible, communal … of the song reveal the following features: Part A : There are two similar moments of calling out to God that are … with a cry from below to above—the octave leap—and from there, the melody moves from above to below, first from the …
Tanya Sermer
… the politics of music and sound in the public sphere of Jerusalem, including the role of music in …
Four Melodies for Four Questions
… blurred the borderline between the religious and mundane spheres in this domestic Jewish ritual. The music for … We learned: They poured for him the second cup, and here the son asks his father. And if the son does not have … the Land of Islam in Israel, launching a new tradition there as well. In their process of socialization into the …
Max Lempel
… to British Palestine with his wife and three-year-old son. There he founded one of the first, if ad hoc , symphony … Palestine Broadcasting Service (later on Kol Israel Radio) where he arranged music and accompanied many singers. He also …
“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… Spain in 1089 and died around 1164. During this period there were wars and vicissitudes in Spain that greatly affected the Jewish communities there. In 1140 Ibn Ezra immigrated to Italy, and from there to France and to other parts of Christian Europe. …
Courtney Blue
… College, receiving her BA in Music and English Literature, where she began to develop a growing interest in musicology …
The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… spread of the Kikhlot yeni text and its documentation are therefore formidable. However, musical renditions of the … of the song was printed for the first time (see below), is therefore not farfetched. This attribution may however have … narratives associated with the song in Zionist circles, where it is variously attributed to Sephardic or even …
El Incendio de Saloniki: The Song of the Fire
… upscale Electra Palace hotel sits in the heart of the city where another Jewish school, the Alliance Israélite … population of Saloniki in 1906 was 47,312. Additionally, there were 31,000 Turks, 15,012 Greeks, 3,697 Bulgarians and 1,839 inhabitants of different origins. 4 Therefore Saloniki, around the time of the Great Fire, was a …