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Bazetsens (LKT)

… di kale . The bazetsns went the following way: In the middle of the room a stool was placed and there the bride … klezmorim , who played between verses solo obbligato passages on violin, clarinet or flute...The kale bazetsn is … express the listeners’ feelings and make them cry... In the middle minor notes, the klezmorim would express the thoughts …

Dobridzien (LKT)

… well and good. The custom of eating cheese stems from the Middle Ages, when people used to give the wedding couple honey with …

Chasidic in America

… ambivalent status placed the cantor as a kind of “spiritual middleman,” who negotiated “the realm between religion and … of the Passover seder . Among the rich cantorial passages on the album, many of which were based on the …

Yiddish Folksong (The Music of the Yiddish Folksong)

… in the latter region it was influenced by Slavic languages. Both the language and the folksongs, like many other … and in Eastern Europe also elements of Slavic languages, as well as words of other surrounding languages. In a … traditionally used to learn canonical texts (Opening); a middle section, which is characterized by a repetition of a …

Jericho's Echo: Punk Rock in the Holy Land

… footage of shows and stock footage of news broadcasts of images with people praying at the western wall and the … Most of the bands' views can be situated somewhere in the middle the extreme left wing position of Nikmat Olalim, four …

Karaite Jews Musical Tradition

… origins can be traced back to a dispute between rabbinic sages in the days of Alexander Jannaeus (c. 100 B.C.E) during … Karaite communities are most likely influenced by the same Middle Eastern source, whose origins can be found in the formative years of the Karaite tradition during the Middle Ages in Byzantium, the Land of Israel, and Persia, …

Elohim Eshala

… and late Romantic techniques employed to represent the “Middle East,” underscores the composer's classical European … recorded the song accompanied by a sharqi ensemble (lit. “Middle Eastern” Arab ensemble). This recording of the song … original tune. Dense textures contrast with ethereal passages adding a further layer to the basic contrasts of the …