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The Reliability of Oral Transmission: The Case of Samaritan Music
… of theoretical formulation concerning the processes of oral transmission of musical culture, the selection of … adequate theories. In Vansina's words, 'the value of oral traditions as historical evidence is a problem that has not been solved, because the special nature of oral traditions as a source of information about the past …
The Influence of Choral Elements on the Formation and Development of the Piyyût Genres (Hebrew)
… (first into the zulat , later into the ofan ). The choral element also assumes a new and standardized form, which … strophe ( pizmon ). In the 9th century, newly composed 'choral pieces' begin to be inserted into older non-choral qedussah hymns. The process turns into hyper-tropy, …
A Jewish Sufi on the Influence of Music
… and biblical commentaries, especially of the Psalms, moral treatises can prove to be a rich source for this kind … attention of students of the subject. … 23205 … Treatise … Moral treatise … Music research … Music history … Jewish …
Numerical Representation of Variants of Orally Transmitted Tunes
… It is a well-known fact that orally transmitted (folk) tunes exist in many variants, … can rarely be solved with mathematical accuracy. For the oral tradition of a tune is ever-changing, depending upon … … Folk music … Folk songs … Folk tunes … Folklore … Oral tradition … Numerical Representation of Variants of …
Yemenite Qasīd Songs (Hebrew)
… broken. These songs had a triple function: educational; moral; and entertaining. They told people about Jewish legends in an amusing manner; they taught morals through their tendency to reward the good and punish …
Towards an Interdisciplinary Study of Jewish Oral Traditions
… and illustrate the need for pursuing the study of the oral aspect of Jewish traditions on a … We shall discuss the concepts of oral tradition and of interdisciplinary methodology in the … discuss the state of research with regard to concepts of oral tradition and interdisciplinary methodology. The second …
The Rules of the Oral Transmission of the Mishnah According to the Aleppo Tradition
… of research designed to understand the laws governing the oral transmission of the Mishnah, the Jewish Oral Law. This compilation was originally orally transmitted and remained so until the end of the …
Orality as Religious Ideal: The Music of East-European Jewish Prayer
… by the force of nature. This concept negated the temporal nature of art. Once completed, an artwork was frozen in … only pale approximations of the original idea. … 9479 … Orality … Eastern Europe … Prayer … Jewish Prayer … Jewish … Jewish music … Religious music … Orality as Religious Ideal: The Music of East-European …
The Training of Hazzanim in Nineteenth-Century Germany
… their own compositions had little effect on the basic oral nature of the tradition and the learning process. This oral transmission, from one generation to the next, from a … Ashkenazim, Sephardim, and the 'adot hamizrah , namely the oral transmission of synagogue chant. However, starting in …
Greek Epic and Kypriaka: Why “Cyprus Matters”
… Late Bronze Age. Did they bring with them a tradition of oral heroic poetry, cognate to that which eventually …