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Ben-Zion (Yisrael Noach) Kapov-Kagan
… Noach Kapov-Kagan was born in 1899 in Romania. He began singing from a young age in a number of synagogue choirs, … the United States, he served as hazzan at the Ocean Parkway Jewish Center in New York, and subsequently at the Concourse … He also served for a period of time as president of the Jewish Ministers and Cantors Association. Kapov-Kagan was …
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… made my way up to AMAR to search for historical records of Jewish musicians from Aleppo, the city which, for a long … as elsewhere in the Arab world during the Nahda era, Jewish musicians played an active role in the performance … I put my headphones on. Maybe the music, his accent or singing style would provide a clue. I listen again to the …
Nuestro Señor Eloheinu/Las tablas de la Ley: A Song for Shavuot
… elohenu” appears in this collection under makam Shehnaz . Singing in an Ottoman Turkish style, the Maftirim have maintained their oral tradition of choral singing until the present day. As a result, we have an … connected to the performance practices of the local Jewish-Portuguese community. To the contrary, Salomon’s …
Moshe Attias
… The Jewish Music Research Centre announces with sadness the … and died on April 30, 2020. He came, as do many Moroccan Jewish performing artists and composers, from a family of … the music industry. Mwijo began his music career in Israel singing and playing the mandolin, an instrument associated …
In The Land Of The Pyramids: A Secular Take On Passover
… a rich field of inquiry into the processes that constitute Jewish music repertoires, most especially in the modern period, when new forms of expressing Jewishness through music challenged the normative status of … A second, unidentified female voice joins Belarsky in the singing of the third stanza. The great American Jewish …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… Yiẓḥak , or ‘Akedah ) has assumed an important function in Jewish religion and culture since Antiquity. This renowned narrative describes how the first Jewish family (Abraham, Sarah and Isaac) came close to … a fourteenth century Seliḥot anthology is preceded by the singing instruction Be-niggun ‘Akedah (Reuchlin 7, 63r. Fig …
The Music of Kurdistan Jews - a Synopsis of their Musical Styles
… of archaic languages and, parallel to them, of archaic singing and playing have survived the vicissitudes of … in that it is to a considerable extent connected with Jewish history of the biblical period. … 9480 … Kurdistan … … Jews … Jews … Kurds … Culture … Musical traditions … Jewish cultural groups … Musical styles … The Music of …
The Musical Realization of Biblical Cantillation Symbols (te‘amîm) in the Jewish Yemenite Tradition
… within these three social contexts. … 23258 … yemenite singing … Yemenite … Hebrew cantillation … Biblilcal … of Biblical Cantillation Symbols (te‘amîm) in the Jewish Yemenite Tradition … Uri Sharvit …
The Magical and Theurgic Interpretation of Music in Jewish Sources from the Renaissance to Hassidism (Hebrew)
… Since the end of the 15th century we find a long series of Jewish texts containing a new evaluation of music as a means of power. This attitude emerges among Italian Jewish authors and seems to be influenced by parallel views … and Isaac Abrabanel describe music in magical terms: by singing and playing one can influence the …
My Life: A Sketch
… my father was appointed overseer of kosher meat in a non-Jewish butchery. In my early childhood my parents lived next … cantors had less voice than he, but much sweeter, and their singing was with more Jewish feeling. … Hazzan, Hazan, Chazzan, Chazzanut, …