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Tish-nigunim Ascribed to Yosl Tolner and the Aesthetics of the Genre
… further inquiries into the semantics of musical forms and modal colorations within the genre. These ideas have … contemporaneous musical contexts, comprising a “musical polysystem.” Why Study Nigunim Attributed to Yosl Tolner? Yosl … (especially striking given the oral transmission); (3) modality resembling both cantorial singing and klezmer …
Book Review: Joel E. Rubin, New York Klezmer in the Early Twentieth Century
… to polished technique, beyond his intricate classification systems, and beyond his efforts to identify a “style” from … clearly throughout, taking the reader through his intricate system of ideas with methodical precision. Yet especially in … can seem wonky—especially his discussions of which modal interactions seem more characteristic than others, and …
The Fall of Jerusalem in Song: The Ashkenazi Melody She’eh ne’esar
… from the adoption by Iberian Hebrew poets of the Arabic system of scansion. One of the masters of this then new … in his Hamnazeah (1898, no. 66). Though similar in its modal minor setting and melodic contour to Sulzer’s, Wodak’s … general trend in East-Ashkenazi song to replace major and modal keys by sonorous [ sic ! in Hebrew: “by sonorities …
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… Dawr The overall structure of “ Yom Yom Odeh ”, its complex modal and melodic style, Tabbach’s Arabic sounding Hebrew … Baqqahot of the Aleppo Jewish Tradition in Jerusalem: The Modal System and the Vocal Style.” Ph.D. diss., Hebrew University …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… hast du gelitten!” which has a different contour, and whose modality belongs to a later development of the major mode. … of Seliḥot chants in that region. Unlike the musical system of the Western Ashkenazi rite, which could boast … in depicting the evolution of European medieval modality, suggesting that the psalm-tones developed from …
The Meaning of the Modal Framework in the Singing of Religious Hymns by Christian Arabs in Israel
… By the term 'modal framework' we mean the accepted framework in which … the Maqamat in Arab music or the Raga in Indian. Modal frameworks are currently considered to be melodic … in performance practice. … 23134 … Modes … Modality … Modal system … Christian Arab … Israel … Religious music … Hymns … …
Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… the te’amim and their names. The te’amim of the Tiberian system, which are given above or below each word in a … the goal is to increase our understanding of this musical system. In this way, it is aligned with the commonly stated … of mode that focus only on melody type, noting that modal frameworks in traditions around the world are defined …
The Jerusalem-Sephardic Tradition
… exiled from Spain was the use of the Arabic-Turkish modal system ( maqam ), a musical system that shaped the Shabbat and holiday prayers. Early …
Andalusian Nuba
… to the suite in western music), with a very complex system of connections between the movements. Similar to the … Scales and Intervals The Andalusian scales are based on a system of intervals that differs from that of the Eastern … it usually comes with a musical change (rhythmic, melodic, modal). After the change, the music goes back to the main …
Steiger
… European Jewish musical tradition to refer to the different modal types of Nusa h ei Hatefilah. Nusa h Hatefilah is … motifs that are built from melodic formulas within a scale system and used for improvisation by the cantor or the … it can be noted that there are different and permanent modal areas throughout the service. For example, during the …