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Ehad mi Yodea - Its sources, variations, and parodies
… is of Jewish origin, did it originated in Ashkenaz or in an Eastern Jewish tradition. Much of the relevant literature … structure of questions and answers and its numbers are nearly identical to those in “E h ad mi yodea,” with some of … (Tabory, 1988: 66) Variations from Sephardic and Eastern Jewish communities “E h ad mi yodea” began to appear …

Vals (LKT)
… 490 (#234) . “‘To a valts. ’”[Warsaw, 1890s; Vashlikove, near Bialystok, pre-World War II]. Cahan 1957, p. 491 (#240-42) . “‘ Valts. ’”[Vashlikove, near Bialystok, pre-World War II]. Cahan 1957, p. 491 (#244) … the waltz words were sung which went with the rhythms... Eastern European Jews were accustomed to invite each guest …
A Gneyve - A Yiddish Song of Theft and Poverty
… the stolen objects listed in this second version are nearly identical to those in the first version. On the other … of Hebrew Oriental Melodies: Volume 9 The Folk Song of the East European Jews . Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister. Noy, Dov …

Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… and commercial recordings throughout the European, Middle Eastern and American Jewish diasporas, was a crucial … soul still yearns, And onward, towards the confines of the East, An eye still gazes toward Zion. Our hope is not yet … collections of Hebrew religious poetry published in the Near East in the first three decades of the 20 th century. …

Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… on musical features of Jewish cantillation in the Eastern Ashkdnazi tradition, a tradition that developed in … shares common characteristics, which come from the ancient Near East. As Tarsi (2001, 3) observes, however, Idelsohn … Accents as Biblical Commentary.” Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society of Columbia University 4, no. 1: 2–11. …
Assaf Shelleg
… as the visiting Efroymson Scholar in the Jewish, Islamic & Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Department at Washington … its partial dislocation to Palestine/Israel in the 1930s. Unearthing the cultural chain reactions this …
The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… by the 18 th century Sephardim sang Kikhlot yeini , at least in Italy and perhaps even in Baghdad, on Purim. The …

The Influence of Choral Elements on the Formation and Development of the Piyyût Genres (Hebrew)
… is the presence of an institutionalized choir , at least in the form of a small group of proficient singers … When the lead in piyyut composition passes from the Near East to Spain, the solo-and-choir structures are not taken …

Mesopotamian Music Theory Since 1977
… had a significant impact on our understanding of ancient Near Eastern music theory and practice. I discussed the first … … Music theory … Music history … Ancient music … Ancient … Near East … Mesopotamian Music Theory Since 1977 … Anne …

Sounds from the Divine: Religious Musical Instruments in the Ancient Near East
… … Music … Musical instruments … Ancient Instruments … Near East … Sounds from the Divine: Religious Musical Instruments in the Ancient Near East … Dahlia Shehata …