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A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… of the opening stanza, is the refrain (the same words and music are repeated) and x, the last line of the rest of the … of the Yemenite synagogue. It is a mixture of organum with the voices moving parallel but split in … a heterophonic texture. This combination of heretophony and organum in congregational singing is noticeable not only in …
Four Melodies for Four Questions
… the 'Traditional' Israeli Melody for Mah Nishtanah Jewish music research rarely considers the Jewish home as a … even though major ceremonies of Judaism which include music take place within the circle of the immediate or … Gerson Kiwi collection). The pianist is the conductor, organist and composer Max Lampel (1900-1987) who immigrated …
Max Lempel
… von Zemlinsky and collaborated with him as a conductor and organist. Upon his return to Vienna from Prague, he … Orchestra), conducted choirs and was active as an organist, playing organ concerts at the YMCA in Jerusalem. … Service (later on Kol Israel Radio) where he arranged music and accompanied many singers. He also taught for many …
El Incendio de Saloniki: The Song of the Fire
… with them as they migrated, including literary traditions, musical forms and the Judeo-Spanish language, Ladino. The Jewish musical life that developed in Saloniki consisted of these … Footnotes: 1. Albertos Nar, “Social Organisation and Activity of the Jewish Community in …
Bernardo Feuer
… and secondary school in his hometown and was drawn to music from an early age. Feuer learned the basics of music … 5th, 1942, Bernardo Feuer joined the Socialist Zionist organization “Poalei Sion-Seire Sion.” Living in Rosario, he … in the schools belonging to the “Vaad Hajinuj” (Central Organization of Jewish Education) and the School of …
Vocal Folk-Polyphonies of the Western Orient in Jewish Tradition
… we encounter the fateful question if this kind of music making is at all in the nature of man, and therefore … his voice alone and is therefore, by nature, a monophonic 'organon'. For this very reason, many primitive … late result of cultural processes. Recently, however, ethnomusicology has reversed much of this conventional thought. …
Between Tradition and Modernity
… Maier Levi of Esslingen is volume 12 of the JMRC's Yuval Music Series. The new production comprises 179 liturgical … book: “Maier Levi bequeathed to posterity a manuscript of musical scores, a ‘cantorial compendium,’ that must be … (Head of the Friends of Jewish Culture in Esslingen and organizer of the event) and Prof. Edwin Seroussi. … …
The Meaning of the Modal Framework in the Singing of Religious Hymns by Christian Arabs in Israel
… we mean the accepted framework in which a certain musical repertoire is organized, as for instance, the Maqamat in Arab music or the Raga in Indian. Modal frameworks are …
Jubal in the Middle Ages
… Mediaeval treatises on music usually begin with a series of stereotype … answers, very often in the following order: (1) Quid sit musica ; (2) unde dicetur ; (3) a quibus sit inventa . The … 'the father of them that play upon the harp and the organ,' steps out of ancient, antediluvial times in Genesis …
Introduction to Idelsohn’s Autobiographical Sketches
… in January 1935 in Die Chasanim Welt , the journal of the organization of Jewish cantors in Poland; the second, in … was printed half a year later in Jacob Beiml's Jewish Music Journal (New York). … 9593 … Idelsohn A.Z. … …