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Adon Olam
… that this hymn dates back much further to the Babylonian Jewish community. In the Sephardi tradition, an additional … someone on their deathbed. There is a wide range of musical settings for this hymn, including melodies from Jewish and secular sources. In some communities Adon Olam is …
Cleaving tune (Niggun Dvekut)
… whether with or without text, are considered the core of musical creativity in all hassidic communities. They are … canopy. [7] [1] Vinaver-Schleifer, Anthology of Hassidic music , p. 191. In reference to this term among Ashkenazic hazzanim, see: Avenary, The musical vocabulatory of the Ashkenazic Hazanim , p. 190. [2] …
Badhan
… Hebrew lit. entertainer. A merrymaker, rhymester, and musician who entertains primarily at weddings. Professional Jewish singers called badhanim or leizanim ('jesters') are … and at Hanukkah and Purim celebrations. In Eastern European Jewish communities, the badhan worked as a professional …
Klezmer (pl. Klezmorim)
… Eastern-European Jewish folk musician, generally instrumentalist. Also used as modifier to describe the genre of music produced by Klezmorim (e.g. Klezmer music). … Klezmer …
Zemirot
… which are sung during and directly after Sabbath meals. The musical versions are numerous and heterogeneous reflecting a … and leaned heavily on Liturgical modes and formulae. 2. Non-Jewish folk tunes served as the music for the Zemirot texts; … Bohemian, Hungarian and Polish secular songs and dances. 3. Jewish melodies either newly composed or already in use in …
Tenu'a (yd. pronunciation: tnue, tnie)
… hard to define. In most cases, the term refers to a short musical unit, fragment, or snippet, with characteristics that are difficult to define by known musical terms. Generally, but not always, it is to be …
Mitsve Tants
… to eastern Europe in the 18th century at the latest. In Jewish musar literature and minhagim books of the 17th and … the JMRC Cd- The Hasidic Niggun as Sung by the Hasidim. Musical Transcription … Performers: Vizhnitz Choir, … the JMRC Cd- The Hasidic Niggun as Sung by the Hasidim . Musical Transcription … Performer: Avraham Bord, Mendel …
Dance tune (Niggun rikud)
… in various communities). Hassidic dance tunes have defined musical characteristics such as duple meter and fast tempi … [1] See Vinaver-Schleifer, Anthology of Hassidic music , p. 240; see also Moshe Beregovski, Jewish Instrumental Folk Music , 2001, no. 85, 102. [2] …
Kolomeyke (LKT)
… and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations from … or refer to the term in question. It also indicates whether musical notation or sound recordings are included in the … repertoire consisted of local dance tunes of non-Jewish origin played by klezmorim for non-Jews, and also, at …
Baqqashah (Pl. Baqqashot)
… (petition) is a religious practice maintained by several Jewish communities. It consists of gatherings that occur … in that the piyyutim are arranged according to the maqamat (musical modes) in use in the court music of the Ottoman … which up to then had been predominant in the Sephardi Jewish liturgy and piyyut singing in the Middle East, went …