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The Cantorial Fantasia of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
… figures in contemporary taste; it is composed of symmetrical phrases in strict time. The other genre of …
Melody and Poetry in the “Kuzari” (Hebrew)
… that cantillation melodies are independent of the metrical symmetry of the text. One may sing to the same … movements, or for practical resp. useful purposes). For the metrical poems, however, which are verbose and …
Orality as Religious Ideal: The Music of East-European Jewish Prayer
… the presence of genius; in a sense, copying was diametrically opposed to art. According to this notion, …
To Please Both the Ear and the Eye: Moses Mendelssohn, Equal Temperament and the Delian Problem
… der Musik (Part 2, pp. 95-109) an essay giving a geometrical construction for equal-tempered division of the …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… will be shown below, we regard the Niggun ‘Akedah as a non-metrical flexible melodic formula which could be adapted to …
The Fall of Jerusalem in Song: The Ashkenazi Melody She’eh ne’esar
… poetic form and meter of the text. In his words, “the symmetrical bars are the musical counterpart of the constant …
A Moroccan Synagogue Service
… of non-verbal sound patterning: 1) extremely fast non-metrical recitations on a very narrow range; 2) biblical …
Abda betauhid
… and is of a light and playful character. It includes asymmetrical rhythmical formulae, and hiatuses filled with …
"Shalom levo shabbat" (Greetings on the coming of the Sabbath)
… are sung in a responsorial manner, corresponding to the metrical units: the soloist sings the first part of each …
Halleluya (Hallelujah)
… are sung in a responsorial manner, corresponding to the metrical units: the soloist sings the first part of each …