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Piyyutim for the High Holidays
… From the upcoming release of JMRC's-Anthology of Musical Traditions in Israel: The Historical Recordings of Haim … Judeo-Spanish speaking Jews. The old traditional Ottoman Jewish community ruled by rabbinical authority was shattered …
Hanukah Blessings
… Blessings while lighting the candles is a well-established Jewish family practice that is usually performed by the head of the household according to traditional patterns. Yet, when the lighting of the candles occurred in community contexts, special musical settings were arranged. Our Song of the Month …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… of digital resources have enhanced the study of the Jewish liturgy helping us to make more accurate assessments … is an order of prayers for the entire year according to the tradition of Worms. Before the poem “Melitz yosher ya’amod, … development against the background of the various Ashkenazi musical cultures. The Ashkenazi tradition of this pizmon …
Ner Haviv, Ner Na'eh
… the identification of texts’ author and an additional musical version, very different from the one we released … the light of the candle'). The song is an example of the traditional genre of popular poems which address the hope … by Sh. Shalom reveals the musical abyss separating diverse Jewish sectors cohabiting in very close proximity in …
Cantar de las Flores
… 73 … To view the song's lyrics, click here . In the Ladino tradition, the copla is a unique Jewish genre, as opposed to the romance. The majority of the … the ten verses of the textual stanza into three identical musical strophes, each strophe consisting of four musical …
Bin Tavinu Liqnot Bina Ha'azinu
… period after the expulsion from Spain. Najara followed the tradition of writing new piyyutim according to models of … of these songs appear at the title of the piyyut. These musical codes, which probably had a clear meaning at the … the rapid spread of his songs all across the Mediterranean Jewish world, the local singers, unable to figure out what …
Musical Traditions of the Ethiopian Jews
… documenting and studying the diverse religious and secular musical repertoires of Ethiopian Jews. The present page … has been the Laboratoire de Langues et Civilisations a Tradition Orale (LACITO) of the CNRS, Ethnomusicology … collecting and analyzing the liturgical heritage of this Jewish community would lead to its preservation and to …
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, shared by …
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 compete …
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 …