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Bore ‘ad ana – A Dirge for the Ninth of Av and its Geographical Distribution
… for the Ninth of Av among the Sephardic and Oriental Jewish communities. The identity of the author is unknown, … such as seli h ot . I have studied in great detail the musical setting of this poem in Sephardic communities, … and other social dislocations on Jewish liturgical traditions. Before addressing the questions raised by the …
The Edith Gerson-Kiwi Legacy
… para-liturgical and non-religious music of the non-European Jewish communities whose members relocated to Israel after … the preservation and research of these distinctive Jewish musical repertoires. Her activities led to the … insight into the transfer of the German-Jewish educational tradition to Palestine / Israel. They also highlight the …
The Fall of Jerusalem in Song: The Ashkenazi Melody She’eh ne’esar
… Sound example 2: She'eh ne'esar, Strasbourg tradition, Michel Heymann, NLI, Y 5913 … Sound example 3: … Hebrew Hymn Melodies : The Rise and development of a Musical Tradition (Tel Aviv, 1970), Hanoch Avenary set a new … in Hebrew) for the Seventeenth of Tammuz, a fast day in Jewish tradition marking the breach of Jerusalem’s …
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… seaboard. With me, I carry a treasure, a piece of lost musical history, or so I believe. Saved on my mobile phone … made my way up to AMAR to search for historical records of Jewish musicians from Aleppo, the city which, for a long … Shelemay 1998). “ Yom Yom Odeh ” is an example of that tradition. Figure 1. Photograph of the famous record's …
Nuestro Señor Eloheinu/Las tablas de la Ley: A Song for Shavuot
… in sections according to the different Turkish makam s (musical modes), titled Shirei Israel be-eretz ha-qedem … Turkish style, the Maftirim have maintained their oral tradition of choral singing until the present day. As a … connected to the performance practices of the local Jewish-Portuguese community. To the contrary, Salomon’s …
Moshe Attias
… The Jewish Music Research Centre announces with sadness the … his rich repertoire. Mwijo, following the long-standing tradition of Moroccan Jewish musicians keeping their cards … was, above all, a “hidden treasure” within the Israeli musical scene. Unlike most of his contemporary Moroccan …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… Yiẓḥak , or ‘Akedah ) has assumed an important function in Jewish religion and culture since Antiquity. This renowned … century and relied instead on oral transmission of their musical traditions. [15] The only implicit written records of …
The Music of Kurdistan Jews - a Synopsis of their Musical Styles
… including a strong tendency towards linguistic as well as musical dialect formation. It is only natural that the musical traditions of Kurdistan Jews should also have been … in that it is to a considerable extent connected with Jewish history of the biblical period. … 9480 … Kurdistan … …
Musical Tradition and its Transmitters between Synagogue and Church
… folksong' and its applicability in the instance of the musical tradition of the old Synagogue; (2) the attitude of Western music historians to the question of Jewish influence on early Church music. As will be seen, we …
The Musical Realization of Biblical Cantillation Symbols (te‘amîm) in the Jewish Yemenite Tradition
… biblical recitation is a central liturgical part; (b) the traditional study-sessions of biblical sections; and (c) … The aim of this paper is to present the repertory of the musical renditions of the Pentateuch and to investigate the … of Biblical Cantillation Symbols (te‘amîm) in the Jewish Yemenite Tradition … Uri Sharvit …