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Schir-Hakawod
… Hakawod and the Liturgical Music Reforms in the Sephardic Community in Vienna ca. 1880–1925 . … 10 … 34306 … Vienna … …
Adon Olam
… that this hymn dates back much further to the Babylonian Jewish community. In the Sephardi tradition, an additional two … of musical settings for this hymn, including melodies from Jewish and secular sources. In some communities Adon Olam is …
Cleaving tune (Niggun Dvekut)
… niggunim. The last term is also used in the Modzhitz community in Israel. The Lubavitcher Hassidim use several …
Baqqashah (Pl. Baqqashot)
… (petition) is a religious practice maintained by several Jewish communities. It consists of gatherings that occur … which up to then had been predominant in the Sephardi Jewish liturgy and piyyut singing in the Middle East, went … them some of the outstanding cantors and payytanim of that community. The Aleppo community possessed a distinctive …
Hasidism
… grew out the desire to replace the overly academic model of Jewish observance with a focus on prayer, spirituality and … the zaddik is generally a central gathering place for the community where holidays, life-cycle events and communal …
Im nin'alu
… of the four performances (2, 4) the traditional Yemenite Jewish lore is predominant; the other two (1, 3) exemplify … melody, which was popularized by Bracha Zefira among the Jewish community of Palestine. It is sung in a responsorial manner: …
Purim, Purim, Purim lanu
… to serve as hazzan (cantor) of the flourishing Portuguese Jewish community. In this city, he taught the Oriental Sephardi … Turkey and Greece. Through this collection, the Western Jewish communities became familiar with the songs of Rabbi …
Mi-al har horev from the manuscripts of Obadiah the Proselyte
… manuscripts of Obadiah the Proselyte. The staff of the Jewish Music Research Centre hopes that the information … University collection and the Adler Collection at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Obadiah the Proselyte was born … settled in Egypt, as a member of the thriving Jewish community situated there, and wrote his memoirs. The …
Selihot according to Siftei renanot
… Rabbi Micha Assis … As the High Holidays approach, the Jewish Music Research Centre dedicates the Song of the Month … 18th ICTM Colloquium “Musical Exodus: Al-Andalus and its Jewish Diasporas” held at the Corpus Christi College in … was already established in Talmudic times. Each Jewish community developed a specific mode of Selihot and its own …
Piyyutim for the High Holidays
… Judeo-Spanish speaking Jews. The old traditional Ottoman Jewish community ruled by rabbinical authority was shattered by … French), to liberal trends in Judaism (especially to Jewish nationalism or Zionism) and to subversive political …