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Israel: Sounds in Search of a Home
… Israeli music? The answer is given by various artists with examples of their work, such as: Israel Brite, Ariel Zilber, …
German Jewish Sacred Musical Intersections
… German music as a “universal” language against which other musical nationalisms in Europe defined themselves. … voices in synagogue choirs are an important aspect of this musical innovation. Third, the use of instrumental music, … of the narratives that maintained and stimulated musical changes in German synagogues during the period. In …
Lekha dodi
… melodies that have not been traced back to the community’s musical archive but appeared in Swerling’s collection and …
Odigüzäl
Odigüzäl ia an example of Ovosunachi (epic song). The present fragment is…
Clara Wenz
… chronicles the present and past lives of a Syrian-Jewish musical record which was released by the Lebanese Baidaphon … to Arab-Jewish Aleppo: Towards an Architecture of Musical Memory”, International Graduate and Post-Doctoral …
Funny, it doesn’t sound Jewish : how Yiddish songs and synagogue melodies influenced Tin Pan Alley, Broadway, and Hollywood
… in the popular American song by analyzing a plethora of examples showing the presence of innuendos, motives, …
Emanuel Zamir
… who were settling Palestine and working its land. Two examples of these songs are Erev Sach ,one his first songs, and Be'er Basadeh ( see sound examples ). Zamir served in the Israel Defense Forces during … 'to cut wood, and bring water from the spring.' ( see sound examples ). In 1953, Zamir met Sarahleh Grodzinski, and the …
The "Proclamation Style" in Hebrew
… ' in style. The group of melodies represents an ancient musical style. Because of the similarity to the benediction … benedictions, the Haftra benedictions etc'. The musical style of the melody group appears to be related to motives from the Shofar blowing. The musical examples appended are from the Ashkenazic tradition of …
Yiddish Folksong (The Music of the Yiddish Folksong)
… strata, makes it possible to speculate in regards to the musical development of the tradition, despite the lack of early documentation of the musical aspect. One might assume that several modes and … bands that appear all over the world. However, with these examples, the Yiddish song is no longer in its natural …
Tzur mishelo akhlanu
… the festive Sabbath eve meal, are a favorite location for musical creativity in most Jewish traditions. The Portuguese …