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Moritz Rosenhaupt
… of November 9, 1938 and published by the archive of the city of Speyer, informs us that his music collection was … Friedmann, Berlin: C. Boas Nchf, pp. 137-141 Herz, Reinhold. 1937. Gedenkschrift zum 100 jährigen Bestehen der …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… I was sure that I had found a classic example of an old Yiddish melody that was reclaimed by Hebrewists in … director of the Stephen S. Wise Free Synagogue in New York City. Rabbi Wise, an outspoken pioneer of American Zionism … into this melody (in its Yiddish language version), told me: “I was thinking that actually the melody was quite …
Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… by Portnoy and Wolff (2000 and 2001) are grounded in older notations by Abraham Binder (1959) and Cantor Lawrence … trope, but Lamentations trope replicates this figure four-fold. The sof pasuk of Lamentations trope repeats the <3-2-1> … remains unresolved. One might also hear a temporary centricity on 3 (E), and there is a brief ascending E minor triad …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… Thee yet, Even as the offering unto Thee Offered of old continually. O Thou, whose mercy faileth not, To us … shine always, Far shedding its perpetual rays, Even as of old were wont to be The offerings brought continually. … kol ha’aretz in the style of central Yemen (especially the city of San’a). His rendition includes the participation of …
Four Melodies for Four Questions
… pp. 143-153). This pedagogical text is certainly among the oldest strata of the Haggadah . The questions appear almost literary as we know them today in the oldest stratum of the Talmud (BT Pesa h im 10, 116a), with … synagogue which Eisenstein’s father founded in New York City. Nathanson, …
Max Lempel
… Vienna and was a member of a Zionist youth movement in the city. He studied in Vienna and Prague with Alexander von … to British Palestine with his wife and three-year-old son. There he founded one of the first, if ad hoc , …
“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… considered onle of the last great poets of the Spanish 'Golden Age' of Hebrew poetry. Ibn Ezra was born in Tudela, … and impromptu baqqashot (requests) for the success of household members. Like other Jewish liturgical rituals, the … [14] Another North African melody is unique to the city Algerian city Oran. This melody is divided into two …
The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… original performance context or with their melodies of old. The Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini, which used to be … had, according to the poet, issues with water), the poet scolds Moshe. In the last verse, the poet expresses the … Library after it was established in 1964. [3] In this capacity, she was also a close associated scholar and editor at …
El Incendio de Saloniki: The Song of the Fire
… and consumed most of the Jewish neighborhood in the old city, including areas of commerce, libraries, schools, as … the fire’s devastation as an opportunity to rebuild the city according to Greek interests. Rather than returning the …
Bernardo Feuer
… Feuer was born on May 1 st , 1910 in Lemberg [Lviv], a city then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire but now in … In 1954, the choir recorded a series of records, which was sold in a boxed set. Golda Meir meets Bernardo Feuer during her visit to …