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Society for Jewish Folk Music
… on the eve of the Russian Orthodox Easter, two Russian musicians met in an encounter that was to have impacts on classical and popular music to this day. Vladimir Stasov, music historian and … When I look at you, my beautiful sweet child, the whole world is mine.” By contrast to these upbeat lyrics, the …
Heikhal Hanegina (the Hall of Music)
… hall in which entrance is permitted only through song or music. There is a common belief that the Heikhal Hanegina is the source of all of the world's melodies, and that it is close to, or the same, as … they were called, stated their opinion towards the value of music. Amongst them, some strove either to compose new …
Admor
… and supernatural powers, with which he acts in the higher world. This way, the Tsadik can mediate between the godly … Zemirot with them. He also took the job of renewing the musical tradition of the dynasty, and acted as a musical leader [3] . His son and successor was not as …
The Tedeschian Community
… Italy and lived there until the beginning of the Second World War. Their immigration was not a consequence of … within the synagogue, and these are apparent in the music: The piyyutim melodies are mostly borrowed from the surrounding culture, and help to bridge between the musical fashion outside the synagogue and the prayer …
Hay ram galeh
… it became major hub for liturgical and paraliturgical music in the modern western section of Jerusalem. It also … muwashsha h at and the rising new styles of Egyptian Arabic music developing from the late 19 th century onwards. The new Egyptian song became hegemonic throughout the Arab world partly due to the development of the music industry in …
Ten Zemirot Ami: New Melodies for Piyyutim from the Aleppo Mahzor (1527)
… ‘ami is the second disc in the new “Contemporary Jewish Music” series of the Jewish Music Research Centre. This new series differs in character … under the label “Jewish music” in Israel and around the world. The main goal of the new series is to encourage …
Hayrana Laih
… an Egyptian song that was and still is popular in the Arab world, but also has connections to Jewish musical contexts and musicians. The lyrics of Hayrana Laih … [2] His songs and compositions were played across the Arab world, and are still performed and remembered today. The …
Musical Traditions of the Ethiopian Jews
… and 1990’s has moved the hearts of people all around the world. Since then, scholars from several countries have been … documenting and studying the diverse religious and secular musical repertoires of Ethiopian Jews. The present page … Civilisations a Tradition Orale (LACITO) of the CNRS, Ethnomusicology Department, followed now by a new research team, …
Moyshelekh Un Shloymelekh (part 1)
… Beymelekh' was a very popular song throughout the Jewish world. It attained the status of a folksong, as seen in some … is very clear. Each line is fitted with two bars in the music, and has the same rhythmic pattern (except the fifth line). The last line is repeated with different music, the repeat serves as coda. If we take the repetition …
Bin Tavinu Liqnot Bina Ha'azinu
… of these songs appear at the title of the piyyut. These musical codes, which probably had a clear meaning at the … line of the foreign songs appeared in Hebrew letters. The musical meaning of Najara's musical instructions was blurred … spread of his songs all across the Mediterranean Jewish world, the local singers, unable to figure out what was the …