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Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… … In 1926, in “New Palestinean [sic] Folk Songs” – one of the earliest Zionist songbooks … of this melody appears in A.W. Binder’s “New Palestinean Folk Songs,” it is important to explore first the history of … version of the melody, perhaps one sung without text as a dance niggun – more about this later. The text of the song …
Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… Composer Deborah Lynn Friedman (1951-2011) was an American Jewish singer-songwriter, whose compositions played an … career began in the 1960s, developing out of the folk music and communal singing tradition of Jewish summer … the Creator in turn answers the prayer and sends down abundance and blessing. Part B : The second part of the song …
Avi Bar-Eitan
… Hebrew University and the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. Dr. Bar-Eitan’s doctoral work dealt with the evaluation of “the gray area between the art, folk, and popular in the Israeli song.” His research … and entrance examinations, and works as a researcher at the Jewish Music Research Center. Dr. Bar-Eitan is the head of …
The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… Kikhlot Yeini - Berry Sacharov - 2012 … Not all traditional Jewish holiday songs have survived in their original … ha-mayim,” has the indication “ne’imah ‘amamit,” i.e. “folk melody.” While only Idelsohn has documented the … folk song,” in the style that would accompany a folk dance. Geula Gill recorded one of the earliest commercial …
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 … the same melody. The melody itself presents a mixture of a folk tune and a psalmodic chant. It is simple, easily … Following the printing revolution, and the subsequent abundance of private prayer books, these prayer practices …
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 … how the dabke , one of the region’s most popular folk dances, belonged to the Palestinian national struggle: We …
Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
… Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics: Selections from the Melngailis … us to study, perform, and hear again some of the songs and dances performed by members of substantial, centuries-old …
Ethiopian Jews in Israel - a Musical Ethnography
… volunteer in Meseret , a center that supported traditional Jewish-Ethiopian crafts (weaving, pottery, basketry) and … the kiln and put up for sale, and a traditional music and dance troupe . Also named Meseret , the troupe played in … context, is also favored over other available choices: a folklorized, depoliticized Ethiopianness or alternatively, …
Beregovski Collection - Nign no. 3
… Beregovski, Evreiskie narodnye napevy bez slov [ Jewish Tunes without Words , 1946]: This research was … time in Beregovski’s Evreiskiie narodnyie pesni [Jewish Folk Songs] – the collection that Beregovski prepared for … traditional Hassidic melodies were adapted to new texts and dances by the Zionist pioneers in Ottoman and British …
Curt Sachs
… can be accessed online. Sachs Curt. World History of the Dance , (Ed. 1963). Biographies: Brown Hoard Mayer. 'Sachs, … Claudie. “Curt Sachs.” Journal of the International Folk Music Council 12 (1960): 88–89. (in French) … …