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Klezmer (pl. Klezmorim)

… Eastern-European Jewish folk musician, generally instrumentalist. Also used as modifier …

… in various communities). Hassidic dance tunes have defined musical characteristics such as duple meter and fast tempi … of Hassidic music , p. 240; see also Moshe Beregovski, Jewish Instrumental Folk Music , 2001, no. 85, 102. [2] See …

Hanukah Blessings

… Blessings while lighting the candles is a well-established Jewish family practice that is usually performed by the head … of the candles occurred in community contexts, special musical settings were arranged. Our Song of the Month … for a soloist accompanied by a four-voice. It opens with an instrumental version of the common Ashkenazi tune for the …

Freylekhs

… term that, in this case, signifies a musical genre. It seems that Freylekhs tunes comprised … of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). [1] Moshe Beregovski, Jewish Instrumental Folk Music , Vol. III (М.Я.Береговский. …

Hora

… and the second with duple. Hora as a Klezmer Genre The Jewish Klezmers adopted both kinds of genres and terms. The … r Moshe (Musa) Berlin (b. 1937), who took his tunes from musical scores and records published in the U.S., used the … dance. He fitted it with a medley of Niggunim from the instrumental repertoire of the Klezmers (which included the …

Brakha Tzefira

… His wife Hadassah, Brakha's beloved teacher, encouraged her musical talents, and proposed that Tzefira should sing … Tzefira knew from her childhood including Sephardic songs, Jewish songs from Yemen, Persia, and Bukhara, as well as … used the materials learnt from this cooperation in their instrumental works as well. Career After Nardi One peak in …

Yiddish Folksong (The Music of the Yiddish Folksong)

… baby, a secular activity, was sometimes accompanied by non-Jewish melodies, sometimes by religious melodies, and … strata, makes it possible to speculate in regards to the musical development of the tradition, despite the lack of … by H.E. Golomb (Vilna 1887), which contains six instrumental pieces, and six songs by the famous Badkhn …

Abyadi Ana

… to the wedding ceremony (usually on the day before) in Jewish communities throughout the Middle East and North … even longer. The ceremony is accompanied by singing and instrumental accompaniment. Some of the most complex Henna … authentic “ethnic” dishes and drinks, as well as skilled musicians who perform traditional henna songs. [1] …

Ve-Hi She-’Amda – Piyyut from the Passover Haggadah

… this piyyut, in order to emphasize the salvation of the Jewish nation from utter destruction. In Ashkenazi … a long section in the Haggadah that is just read aloud. Music There are a number of arrangements to this piyyut, … Israeli guitarist Eliyahu Meir Dali released a heavy rock instrumental arrangement to the well- known Ashkenazi …

Judeo-Spanish Songs for the Life Cycle in the Eastern Mediterranean

… songs, their language and literary content as well as the musical styles of the melodies. You can download MP3s at … בן-נאה, ירון 2008 Jews in the realm of the Sultans: Ottoman Jewish society in the seventeenth century . Tübingen: Mohr … the Ottoman Court: Makam, Composition and the Early Ottoman Instrumental Repertoire . Berlin: Verlag für Wissenschaft …