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Splendid Singing Birds: Jewish Women’s Songs from Kerala
… … This playlist is the advanced release of Splendid Singing Birds: Jewish Women’s Songs from Kerala , one of the longstanding projects of the Jewish Music Research Centre. Led with diligence, profound …
1. Oh Lovely Parrot!
… payinkiḷi —literally translated as a “green parrot,” and in Jewish Malayalam an epithet for a very beautiful woman— … allegorically represent the ancestors of the Jews who are singing the song. In both versions, the parrot or parrots … and two others (songs 2 and 14) points to a tradition of Jewish roots in what is now the small town of Palayur, as …
Yossef (Yusuf) Zaarur
… vocal repertoire of his community and to the Iraqi Arab singing style. Yossef is not to be confused with his much … This generational tension between well-to-do Baghdadi Jewish families and their youngsters who loved music and … musicians—still prevalent in early-twentieth century Iraqi Jewish society—as well the shifts in attitudes towards …
Tish-nigunim Ascribed to Yosl Tolner and the Aesthetics of the Genre
… performance context of nigunim was not weddings, but rather singing on Sabbaths, when playing instruments was forbidden. … as early as 1927 in a collection of Lithuanian Jewish tunes (Bernstein [1927] 1958, #95), in which it is … is highlighted: Textless songs have probably been common in Jewish life for a long time. This could be connected with …
Yaakov Huri
… as rabbi. Huri belonged to the Zionist sector of the Jewish community. This sector, unlike the yeshivah students that were supported by the Jewish community, worked during the day for their … a mission in an effort to stimulate the worshipers through singing, and therefore he was always careful to invest in …
A Flowering Debate: A Judeo-Spanish Song (not just) for Tu BiShvat
… cycle at the end of winter is a relatively newcomer to the Jewish calendar, going back “only” to Mishnaic times. … exerted great influence on modern Sephardic and Oriental Jewish ritual practices. This influence is clearly reflected … of these recordings the singer recites the text before singing it, attesting that she does not remember “all the …
Ezra Barnea
… The Jewish Music Research Centre mourns the passing of Ezra … music in which different Oriental traditions of piyyut singing coalesced with the dominant tradition of the Jews … for Religious Music, renamed “ Renanot – Institute for Jewish Music” in Jerusalem, an institution dedicated to the …