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Abyadi Ana

… anonymity in Israel during the last part of her life sharply contrasted with her status of a ‘legend’ in Morocco, …

Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis

… be apparent. [59] Similarly, Kofi Agawu writes, “Analysis sharpens the listener’s ear, enhances perception and, in the …

Four Melodies for Four Questions

… 5. Part B is clearly minor, including the leading tone (C sharp). This modal contrast between the sections create a …

… 27 times in the Bible, is generally supposed to have been a harp , and probably of the upper-chested type (i.e. with the … did not necessarily prove the ne b el to have been a harp, if one did not assume a priori that they ought to do … for the Syro-Palestinian area showed no representation of harps before the Hellenistic period; those that then …

The “Proclamation Style” in Hebrew Music

… is one of the oldest strata of ancient Hebrew music. The sharp exposition of the intervals of the fourth and the fifth …

Jubal in the Middle Ages

… science. Jubal, 'the father of them that play upon the harp and the organ,' steps out of ancient, antediluvial …

The Ala-Instrument: its Identification and Role

… For example, Anglo-Saxon hearpe , from which the word “harp” is derived, originally denoted a Teutonic lyre (De …

Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics

… his key signatures are more complicated than required: F sharp, D sharp alongside naturals on C and G, avoiding four sharps that would imply E major. But F sharp in the key …