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Tish-nign (LKT)
… and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations from … refers to the term in question. It also indicates whether musical notation or sound recordings are included in the … 1996a, p. 16. “These klezmorim know many pieces: dance, instrumental works played at the table, street tunes …
Ehad mi Yodea - Its sources, variations, and parodies
… focusing on changes introduced to the text and the music within different historical contexts and local Jewish traditions. “E h ad mi yodea” is a cumulative song. … sing up to the number five and towards the end there is an instrumental break where they play melody without text. H …
A Gneyve - A Yiddish Song of Theft and Poverty
… created a number of songs about poverty and how the Jewish community “dealt with economic problems on the … of Yiddish songs Margaritkelech . Here one can hear an instrumental rendition of the melody, arranged by Yohanan … begins with the introductory “khapt im, nempt im” line. The music to this opening section is more dense than in the rest …
Karev Yom
… The interview was held at the initiative of the Israeli music connoisseur and collector Dudi Patimer. Speaking live … of the earliest commercial recordings of Israeli and other Jewish folksongs made for the international market after … many Hebrew songs that Bikel performed, recorded and was instrumental in disseminating it internationally. A lot has …

Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… legislative design. Because of the “folk” origins of its music and the re-writing of Naftali Herz Imber’s poem … culture emerged in Palestine and spread throughout the Jewish world with remarkable speed.It also shows how its … this French song acquired when it was first published as an instrumental piece in 1761 (in François Bouin, La Vielleuse …
Vemen vestu zingen, vemen? Leibu Levin Performs in Yiddish
… in southwestern Ukraine). This new production of the Jewish Music Research Centre prepared around the centennial of … corpus of songs performed by Leibu Levin with or without instrumental accompaniment. Michael Lukin, a researcher of …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… of the opening stanza, is the refrain (the same words and music are repeated) and x, the last line of the rest of the … we can reconstruct with a certain degree of accuracy how Jewish liturgical practices evolved prior to the invention … an independent religious song, performed on a weekday with instrumental accompaniment. Moreover, a main liturgical …
Avi Bar-Eitan
… researcher, and lecturer. He received his Ph.D. in musicology at the Hebrew University, and his M.A. and M.Mus … identities; the concept of steyger and maqam in vocal and instrumental music of Ashkenaz and Sepharad; musical … and entrance examinations, and works as a researcher at the Jewish Music Research Center. Dr. Bar-Eitan is the head of …
“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… wars and vicissitudes in Spain that greatly affected the Jewish communities there. In 1140 Ibn Ezra immigrated to … from B’nai Jeshrun: http://www.bj.org/spiritual-life/music-of-bj/invitation-to-piyyut-na/el-eliyahu/ Literary … by the famous payytan Salim Daoud Dargi, accompanied by an instrumental ensemble. [12] Another Sephardic Version …
The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… of the Land of Israel (1882-1946) . … Not all traditional Jewish holiday songs have survived in their original … and its documentation are therefore formidable. However, musical renditions of the piyyut are rather rare and will be … middle section without text, either a vocalese or an instrumental passage. We publish here both melodies ( here …