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Steiger
… Jewish musical tradition to refer to the different modal types of Nusa h ei Hatefilah. Nusa h Hatefilah is the … elements: the combination of motifs that are built from melodic formulas within a scale system and used for … at the end, while keeping the central notes of each motif. Melodic Ornamentation In order to impress the congregation …
The Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam
… of melodies was still the primary technique of transmitting melodic formulas of the Sephardic synagogues. Notated … Because of changes in musical texture on account of this type of adaptation, many of the sources were unknown to the …
Dort wo die Zeder: A Forgotten Zionist Anthem in German
… song” and stresses the coincidental similitude in the melodic contour of the songs that at the time he wrote his … progression is embedded in the melody. The most dramatic melodic move occurs in the second phrase that opens with an … short, this is a quintessential European folk melody of the type that can be found in many Jewish repertoires, …
Andalusian Nuba
… the Andalusian Nuba is considered the most important type of North African music. The music's origins can be … from another song. The music is usually improvised on a melodic structure that is known beforehand, and it is used … The Beiten's melodies are characterized by trills and melodic ascensions and declinations in a very free rhythm. …
In Zaltsikn Yam - A Yiddish Workers' Song
… Society for Jewish Folk Music . The soprano voice follows a melodic line similar to that published by Glattstein; … by Glattstein, is in a g-minor mode and it has four melodic phrases that follow the four lines of each stanza. …
Freylekhs (LKT)
… or Galicia, Rumania, and so on [fn. 3: Here I do not mean melodic variation of one or another šer but of the very … character, skočnes were almost the same as frejlaxs , and melodically they have no non-Jewish traits.... From what … tell us, the skočna among Jews was not a separate dance-type. Usually they called a tune skočna if it was a …
Doyne (LKT)
… expressiveness, and characteristically involve embellished melodic exploration within a particular musical mode … and their canes swinging without stop. There is a second type of ‘ Shtocktants ’ which is even more acrobatic. The … doina... The third and fourth sections have phrasing and melodic contours like a sirba.” Phillips 1996a, p. 94 . ( …
Taksim (LKT)
… their seventies to nineties still remember when taksims (a type of free improvised form which has a great deal of scale … like doinas, but note quite. They have certain kinds of melodic phrases that are not typical of doina. No doubt that … Phillips 1996b, pp. 182-83 . “The taksim was an older type of improvisation among klezmorim , which was gradually …
Volekh (LKT)
… Hadju 1971, p. 83 . (Musical notation included). “A type of vocal niggunim named after Walachia, a region of … harmonic changes usually quite obvious, following standard melodic modes. In America, the doina is usually part of a …
Skotshne/Skochne
… character, skocnes were almost the same as frejlaxs , and melodically they have no non-Jewish traits. In Ukrainian we … tell us, the skocna among Jews was not a separate dance-type. Usually they called a tune skocna if it was a frejlaxs … was used by some klezmorim to indicate freylekhs -type melodies which were technically more demanding.” Rubin …