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Ma'oz Tzur
… Temple in Jerusalem, praise for God’s deliverance of the Jewish people from Egypt, Babylonian exile and Haman’s plot, … tradition dating back to the 15th century. According to musicologists A.Z. Idelsohn and E. Birnbaum the melody of …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… development against the background of the various Ashkenazi musical cultures. The Ashkenazi tradition of this pizmon … language like pentatonics, but uses a strongly profiled Jewish prayer mode whose foremost characteristic is a stock … Hanoch Avenary, “The Aspects of Time and Environment in Jewish Traditional Music,” Israel Studies in Musicology, IV …
Purim, Purim, Purim lanu
… Images: Musical Transcription Transcription done by Abraham Zvi … to serve as hazzan (cantor) of the flourishing Portuguese Jewish community. In this city, he taught the Oriental … Turkey and Greece. Through this collection, the Western Jewish communities became familiar with the songs of Rabbi …
Prayer for the state
… Synagogue … Liturgical Innovation in a Nation-State: The Music of the “Prayer for the Well-being of the State of … for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.” The Jewish Oral Law, the Mishnah, carried on the same idea: … world,” which are a plea for the reunification of all the Jewish people. … Kol Israel … Israel … Prayer … …
Dos Fartribene Taybele (The Exiled Dove)
… Fartribene Taybele is from Godlfaden's play Ben Ami, with music arranged by Louis Friedsell. Ben Ami is loosely based … of a disaffected European aristocrat who rediscovers his Jewish heritage and immigrates to the Land of Israel to work … Theater, in collaboration with Sigmund Mogulesko and music director Louis Friedsell. The play premiered in …
Mi-al har horev from the manuscripts of Obadiah the Proselyte
… of "Mi'al har horev" from Obadiah the Proselyte's Hebrew musical manuscripts, arranged by Andre Hajdu and performed … manuscripts of Obadiah the Proselyte. The staff of the Jewish Music Research Centre hopes that the information … University collection and the Adler Collection at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Obadiah the Proselyte was born …
Selihot according to Siftei renanot
… Rabbi Micha Assis … As the High Holidays approach, the Jewish Music Research Centre dedicates the Song of the Month to the … 18th ICTM Colloquium “Musical Exodus: Al-Andalus and its Jewish Diasporas” held at the Corpus Christi College in …
Piyyutim for the High Holidays
… singing other liturgical texts. The melody consists of two musical phrases repeated according to the aaba scheme. … 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 …
Hanukkah 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 … the first two bars of the Maoz Tzur melody. Scholars of Jewish music from each generation, such as Eduard Birnbaum, …
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 at least … rare collections of manuscripts and printed materials of Jewish and Israeli music including many related to the …