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Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… development against the background of the various Ashkenazi musical cultures. The Ashkenazi tradition of this pizmon comprises … language like pentatonics, but uses a strongly profiled Jewish prayer mode whose foremost characteristic is a stock …
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 … modernizing trends characterized by an exposure to Western culture (most particularly French), to liberal trends in …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… of digital resources have enhanced the study of the Jewish liturgy helping us to make more accurate assessments … development against the background of the various Ashkenazi musical cultures. The Ashkenazi tradition of this pizmon comprises …
Hayrana Laih
… is popular in the Arab world, but also has connections to Jewish musical contexts and musicians. The lyrics of Hayrana Laih … [7] Joel Beinin, “Layla Murad: Popular Culture and the Politics of Ethnoreligious Identity,” in The …
Ahavat ‘Olamim
… in 2010. This is the third disc in the Contemporary Jewish Music series produced by the Jewish Music Research … a modern journey into the depths of the Andalusian Jewish musical tradition of Morocco and Algeria. This tradition, … to R. Haim Louk’s contribution to contemporary Israeli culture. Performers: Rabbi Haim Louk , the New Jerusalem …
Ten Zemirot Ami: New Melodies for Piyyutim from the Aleppo Mahzor (1527)
… Ten zemirot ‘ami is the second disc in the new “Contemporary Jewish Music” series of the Jewish Music Research Centre. … from the classic documentary series, “Anthology of Musical Traditions in Israel.” The discs do not aspire to … research and understand. In every living, breathing culture, every generation feels obligated to add something …
With Songs They Respond: The Diwan of the Jews from Central Yemen
… The Jews of Yemen possess rich musical traditions, which have always been of interest to scholars of Jewish music, just as their unique cultural history has … of Jewish scholars from an early stage. Interest in this culture is still alive today, half a century after the …
Hay ram galeh
… of Jerusalem. The Ades synagogue was founded in 1901 by the Jewish immigrants from Aleppo (northern Syria) and since its … through 78 rpm records, radio broadcasts and later on via musical films. Jerusalem Jews embedded in the modern Egyptian Arab culture in Mandatory Palestine were just another avid client …
Freylekhs
… term that, in this case, signifies a musical genre. It seems that Freylekhs tunes comprised … to Ze'ev (Walter) Feldman , a researcher of Klezmer culture and the Ashkenazi dance in Eastern Europe and in the … of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). [1] Moshe Beregovski, Jewish Instrumental Folk Music , Vol. III (М.Я.Береговский. …
Society for Jewish Folk Music
… Borodin and Moussorgsky – was introduced to the Russian Jewish composer and music critic Joel Engel . Stasov … for abandoning his own heritage for the Slavic culture of Russian intellectuals. “Where is your national … his life to transcribing, arranging, and promoting the musical heritage of Russian Jewry. He inspired a group of …