… Brakha Tzefira was born in Jerusalem in 1910. Her father emmigrated from Yemen in 1887, … at the time by Moshe Calwary. His wife Hadassah, Brakha's beloved teacher, encouraged her musical talents, and … of these arrangements in less than ten years. Paul Ben-Haim (who frequently accompanied her on piano) was …

… have maintained the basic principles of their traditions. Over the course of these many centuries, liturgical chants … to the Karaite tradition, the community's origins can be traced back to a dispute between rabbinic sages in the … Bar Ilan University, 1990. Ramat Gan. Levi, H. Ma'ayan Haim . Second Pressing. Ashdod: Va'ad Ha'eda, 1996. …

… In 1958, on the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Society for Jewish Folk Music, … so many Jewish students at the St. Petersburg Conservatory? Because it is the only school in the Russian Empire with a … story emphasizes that Jewish music blossomed in Russia because Jews received a safe space or cultural haven at the …

… Zawajunī is a form of 'play song” or singing game commonly performed among the Jewish communities of central and … when they are alone, such as when they grind flour before dawn, or in private settings while completing daily … were transmitted orally. The h enna ceremony takes place before the wedding ceremony. It is part of the extensive …

… we will review the development of the Nuba, which is considered the pinnacle of Andalusian music, from its origins in 9 … type of North African music. The music's origins can be traced back to 9 th century Cordoba, Spain. It was … the Christian-Visigoth tradition and the North African Berber traditions. This age-old synthesis formed the basis …

… the tradition, sanctity and joy of the wedding, signed alphabetically, as is usual in folk poems. The melody of this … with those of nos. 25 and 27. It has two motifs: all the verses are sung to one, and the passage `halleluya ki tov ki … as Abraham ibn Ezra's poem for Simḥat torah, Atzula lefanim bekhiseh 'aravot , are also sung to it. Sarah Levi-Tanai …

… Or Dotan, Avigail Harel, Nave Klil Hahoresh, Clement Robert, Courtney Blue, Yaniv Dery, Noam Peleg, Sonja Wiedemann … that includes four consecutive blessings, the final one being the central blessing officially ending the Sabbath. …

… cantillation—the intoned reading of Torah, Haftarah, and other Biblical texts in liturgical contexts—has attracted the … by the te’amim (Masoretic accents) located above and below each word. However, the chant also has clear musical … that developed in the areas that comprise today Lithuania, Belarus, Western Russia, Ukraine and Poland and is now …