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Contemporary American Jewish Music
… the emphasis has been looking at the same time toward the Eastern European past and the American (and transnational) future. The responses ranged from unearthing earlier and less known repertoires, to the …
David musicus : zur Genealogie eines Bildes
… Written by: Kessler Rainer … 2 … 77-99 … … 2007 … Bible … East … Near East … David musicus : zur Genealogie eines Bildes …
Bin Tavinu Liqnot Bina Ha'azinu
… reflect the original musical intentions of Najara, or at least the spirit of his intentions. This was made possible by … research of the oral tradition of the Sephardic Jews of the Eastern Mediterranean. Afterwards, the performing artists … upon the melody of the Judeo-Spanish song 'Con el vino saneare marido con el agua pasearemala' (With wine I am …
Musical instruments of the Mountain Jews
… or 'ghumuz' in Juhuri and Qumiq), adopted by musicians from eastern Caucasus (also Azerbaijan and western Caucasus) in … instrument of the same name which is found throughout the Near East . Komoncha is a spike fiddle of four strings. …
Society for Jewish Folk Music
… In the spring of 1897, on the eve of the Russian Orthodox Easter, two Russian musicians met in an encounter that was … of the new Hebrew national style. He was born in a village near Vitebsk, in White Russia, and immigrated to the United …
Brakha Tzefira
… was sent to study in the Me’ir Shefeyah educational village near Zikhron Ya’akov, directed at the time by Moshe Calwary. … Tzefira In relation to Tzefira's role as mediator between eastern melodies and the forming 'Israeli' music, the recent … . [4] The expression 'art music' is problematic to say the least. It comes to signify what is sometimes called …
Karaite Jews Musical Tradition
… center of the Karaites was balanced between Europe and the Near East. During the next few hundred years, additional Karaite … Egypt and Byzantium as well as in Crimeria, Lithuania, and Eastern Poland. During that period, the development of the …
Likhvod Hatanna Haelokai (In Honor of the Holy Tanna)
… of the Tanna and his son, Rabbi El'azar are located, at least since the second half of the sixteenth century. Based … Safed, the main city of the Upper Galilee located rather near to Mount Meron. However, the bibliographer and scholar … shared by the verses and the refrain, attests to the Middle Eastern influence on the piece. The melodic range is …
Freylekhs (LKT)
… A lively circle or line dance, the most common in East European Jewish wedding dance repertoire, in 4/4 … of the dance choreography of a freylekhs , as danced near Kiev ca. 1900-1915, includes following data: “Eight … with a different ending form in the style of the period....Nearly all the melodies reach their peak on the second …
Hopke (LKT)
… p. 491 (#255) . “Other dances performed at weddings in East European communities were:... Redl, Frailachs, … borrowed, but in the klezmer interpretation they were given near-virtuoso features. Moreover they became multipart …