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Diwan
… Sabbath and festivals, and for celebrations of the cycle of life, such as weddings and circumcisions. All the sacred … written by Sephardi authors. When the poems of the great Jewish-Yemenite poet Shalem Shabazi began to appear, these …
Mitsve Tants
… to eastern Europe in the 18th century at the latest. In Jewish musar literature and minhagim books of the 17th and … texts symbolize the wedding as the Day of Judgment in the life of the couple. See also Mitsve-Tants in the Lexicon …
Baqqashah (Pl. Baqqashot)
… (petition) is a religious practice maintained by several Jewish communities. It consists of gatherings that occur … the court music of the Ottoman Empire during the author’s lifetime. Moreover, the lehanim (plural of lahan, tune or … which up to then had been predominant in the Sephardi Jewish liturgy and piyyut singing in the Middle East, went …
Hasidism
… grew out the desire to replace the overly academic model of Jewish observance with a focus on prayer, spirituality and … a central gathering place for the community where holidays, life-cycle events and communal celebrations are held. One of …
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 … the Norman Proselyte. Basic information about Obadiah's life and education has been gleaned from his memoirs, … University collection and the Adler Collection at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Obadiah the Proselyte was born …
Piyyutim for the High Holidays
… his unparalleled fame as a singer and musician during his lifetime, very few details about the life of Haim Effendi … Judeo-Spanish speaking Jews. The old traditional Ottoman Jewish community ruled by rabbinical authority was shattered … French), to liberal trends in Judaism (especially to Jewish nationalism or Zionism) and to subversive political …
The “Hebrew Melody” by Joseph Achron: New version for voice, violin and piano premiered in Jerusalem, January 8, 2009
… as such it was performed in concerts of the “Society for Jewish Folk Music.” Later on, Achron returned to this work … by Nina Koschetz, the famous Russian soprano whose life intersected with major Russian composers such as … rare collections of manuscripts and printed materials of Jewish and Israeli music including many related to the …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… of digital resources have enhanced the study of the Jewish liturgy helping us to make more accurate assessments … we can reconstruct with a certain degree of accuracy how Jewish liturgical practices evolved prior to the invention … who wilt arraign The nations at thy judgment seat, With life and favor bless again Thy people prostrate at thy …
Musical Traditions of the Ethiopian Jews
… collecting and analyzing the liturgical heritage of this Jewish community would lead to its preservation and to … the period closely following the two large waves of the Jewish Ethiopian immigration to Israel and the complete and … engaged in a detailed ethnography of the daily musical life of the Ethiopian Jewish youth around Israel. Her …
Hayrana Laih
… is popular in the Arab world, but also has connections to Jewish musical contexts and musicians. The lyrics of Hayrana … Daoud Hosni (1870-1937), an Egyptian composer of Karaite Jewish origins composed it in 1932 for the Egyptian singer … In 2009, a joint Egyptian-Syrian TV series about Mourad's life, “Ana Albi Dalili,” was broadcast in the Arab world. …