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Eliezer Goldberg, alias Leyzerke Kremenitser
… In interwar Krakow, he was called ‘the guardian of music tradition’ or ‘the master of Jewish composition and harmony’. His style was grounded on … also show features akin to the surrounding non-Jewish musical cultures, especially Eastern European religious and …
65. Each and Every Day
… phrase (and title) echoes a piyyut from the Baghdadi tradition, [2] but the rest of the Hebrew song may be unique … the Kerala Hebrew piyyut and follows its melody and its musical poetic structure of repeating the same phrase over … of God, not all of them common to the rest of the Malayalam Jewish songs repertoire. Another interesting aspect …
50. Little Sinai Mountain
… thunder, lightning, shofar blasts, and the sounding of musical instruments. Three of the instruments are violins, … “hunchback.” The remainder of the song is built on a tradition from midrash that the people of Israel were struck … According to Joseph Hai Isaac, a lawyer and prominent Jewish leader from Ernakulam, this song was customarily …
27. The Elegantly Adorned Bride
… a women’s party the night before the wedding. In elaborate musical detail, it portrays a Kerala bride’s clothing and ornaments of jewelry and flowers, including a traditional upper garment and waist-chain. While a bundle of … household responsibilities. There is nothing identifiably Jewish in this song. In fact, Venus Lane notes two elements …
11. Famous Kochi Harbor
… whole world the best harbor is Kochi, Where the honorable Jewish people came. With brightness You are shining, Lord … see the commentary following song 22. The shofar is a musical instrument traditionally made of a ram’s horn and blown on important …
8. Kadavumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song
… dwelled in its Torah ark (heikhal). I have also heard other Jewish elders from Kerala refer to the Shekhinah (Hebrew), … laying of the foundation with embedded gold and jewels— a traditional Kerala practice. Following construction of the … Lane recorded the song again in 2006 to facilitate its musical transcription. After the interior of this synagogue …
Rabbi David Buzaglo
… is an opportunity to revive his biography in our website. A musical and rabbinical prodigy since his early days, Rabbi … performer of Andalusian Hebrew music in its southern tradition from Marrakesh and Essaouira. He also became an … exponentially in the collective memory of the Moroccan Jewish diaspora. [3] After receiving a traditional Jewish …
Yaakov Huri recordings
… Berlin to Jerusalem and Back - The Letters of German-Jewish Musicologist Edith Gerson Kiwi (1908-1992),” a joint … archive , which aimed to systematically document the musical traditions of the Baghdadi Jewish community. The collection …
Ezra Barnea
… paytan and cantor, an expert on the Jerusalem Sephardic tradition of which he was one of its true representatives as … for Religious Music, renamed “ Renanot – Institute for Jewish Music” in Jerusalem, an institution dedicated to the preservation of the Jewish musical heritage and its dissemination. He engaged in a …
A Flowering Debate: A Judeo-Spanish Song (not just) for Tu BiShvat
… cycle at the end of winter is a relatively newcomer to the Jewish calendar, going back “only” to Mishnaic times. … Spanish siglo de oro and contemporary Algerian traditions ( Abenójar-Sanjuán 2024 ) and also in the … emerged therefore from a rich multicultural poetic and musical background that can be traced back to the medieval …