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The “Jewish Baroque”: The Allure of a Modern Musical Affair
… . Birnbaum introduces in it the score of Kol haneshamah , a Hebrew piece by composer Cristiano Giuseppe Lidarti … he knew via the copies in Birnbaum’s collection at the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. Fast forward to the … pieces is easy to figure out due to the formulaic musical language of the period. Thus the addition of instrumental …
Nuestro Señor Eloheinu/Las tablas de la Ley: A Song for Shavuot
… Istanbul. Here we encounter our song as a piyyut , with a Hebrew text, titled “Adonay hu elohenu” (The Lord is our God). It is fair to note that this Hebrew title is identical in meaning to the Judeo-Spanish … but are addressed by Seroussi in his forthcoming Spanish-language article which illuminate theories regarding the …
Moshe Attias
… to Maghrebi Arabic, with a Meknesi accent, as the main language of communication. This very remarkable feature demonstrates his resistance to the Hebrew-centered ethos of the Zionist movement and the … culture that emerged from it. Even when he recorded in Hebrew, as he did, the language was profusely peppered with …
In The Land Of The Pyramids: A Secular Take On Passover
… both in the Yiddish-speaking world as well as in the modern Hebrew song repertoire in the Land of Israel. I am grateful … College Archive of Jewish Sound; Dr. Michael Lukin from the Hebrew University; Maestro Raymond Goldstein; and Prof. … the Arbeter Ring’s music directors. Probably the innocent language of the song and its catchy melody led to its …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… with the Binding of Isaac, which was sung to texts in both Hebrew and Yiddish. Many of these texts touch directly upon … descendants. The story’s primary textual rendering in the Hebrew Bible (Genesis XXII:1–19) is somewhat brief, barely … generation after generation of Jews in various vernacular languages, in both oral and written forms (Spiegel …
Melody and Poetry in the “Kuzari” (Hebrew)
… manuscript readings. Nor does Judah Ibn Tibbon's mediaeval Hebrew translation of the Arabic original resolve the difficulties. The context is a comparison of the Hebrew and Arabic languages. After discussing the uses of the various terms in …
Idelsohn: The Founder and Builder of the Science of Jewish Music – A Creator of Jewish Song
… she met her future husband, then a rabbinic student at the Hebrew Union College. They were married in 1912 upon their … towards traditional Jewish observances, the Hebrew language, and the idea Of Jewish peoplehood' in …
The Hallelôt in the Yemenite Dīwān (Hebrew)
… quantitative meter; their origins are usually unknown; the language is Hebrew, rarely Aramaic, but never Arabic. It should be noted … community … Diwan … The Hallelôt in the Yemenite Dīwān (Hebrew) … Avner Bahat …
A.Z. Idelsohn and the Study of the Traditional Pronunciations of Hebrew (Hebrew)
… is well-known for his pioneering work in the field of Hebrew musicology, primarily for his recording and research … scholarly world in his monumental ten-volume Thesaurus of Hebrew Oriental Melodies (1914-1932). Through his work on … of Hebrew, a variety which he considers to be a 'living language.' Living in the period which saw the transformation …
Yemenite Qasīd Songs (Hebrew)
… Qasid differs from the other types in content and in language. The poems are folk songs, light, entertaining, and … so that the simpler people and the women, who did not know Hebrew very well, could understand them. Those who copied … the qasid 'abda' birabbi di kalaq is published here, with Hebrew translation and apparatus. The musical treatment of …