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Paul Fenton
… Paul Fenton is a French-British Jewish historian and orientalist, a professor of Middle Eastern studies and … especially in the areas of mysticism, philosophy and music. He is also considered an authority on Medieval Hebrew …
El Jiwneh Hagalil (Lied der galilaischen Arbeiter) – God will Build the Galilee (Galilee Worker’s Song)
… content of his album. El jiwneh Hagalil answered both the musical and pedagogical requirements of this album. … ( ahava raba ) mode, El jiwneh Hagalil offers a contrasting musical symbol signifying the modern Jewish national rebirth … of the augmented second colors the melody in distinguished oriental style. See the archival recordings at the National …
Nahôn libbo is hujire – Whole-heartedly is the fearful believer
… Jewish tune adapted from Idelsohn’s Thesaurus of Hebrew Oriental Music (1923b: 140, no. 193) is an unexpected turn after four … some of Idelsohn’s ideas related to the antiquity of the music of the Yemenite and Babylonian Jews were echoed in …
Zoock (Volkstanz) – Zhok (Folk dance)
… to dance. Its origin is in the Moldavian and Rumanian music. The Zoock has well entered the klezmer repertoire, … carry the names of famous klezmer players. And although the musical essence for these pieces were indeed influenced by … constant modal fluidity between A freygish and A gypsy or “oriental” (A freygish with an additional augmented second …
Kamti lehallel leshem hael hanikhbad
… his name in the acrostic), that spread to the Sephardi and Oriental communities (Italy, Saloniki, Cochin, etc.) via … Lopes Cardozo has an unusually flexible rhythm, with four musical phrases in the AABC pattern, after which the refrain …
Sonic Ruins: Accessory Images for Book
… 5.1a CD Cover of Chants Judéo-Espagnols de la Mediterranée Orientale (view enlarged image) Image 5.2 CD cover of …
A Recovered Voice from the Past
… in the Jewish past. A case in point is the scholar and musician Avraham Zvi Idelsohn, the founding father of modern … in the journey, prepared delicious foods for us in the Oriental manner. We consumed the meal with a hearty appetite … the new Hebrew School. [14] The reference is to the Orientalist and Chief Librarian of the Imperial Library …
Idelsohn’s trilingual autobiography and Yiska Idelsohn’s oral memoire
… appeared in 1935. The English one was published in Jewish Music Journal 2, no. 2 (1935): 8-11. The Hebrew one appeared … Rabinovitz and he took upon himself to teach me the music theory and voice training. Yiska’s memoire: [3a] He … and also the Hasidim. To get a full concept of the Oriental music, I collected the music of the Arabs, the …
Sara Levi-Tanai
… she worked as a teacher and kindergarten instructor, using music and dance to educate children and pass on Yemeni … innovative teaching materials, including original songs and music, gained significant recognition and have been used by … New York: Columbia University Press, 2014. Roginsky, Dina. "Orientalism, the Body, and Cultural Politics in Israel: Sara …
Tish-nigunim Ascribed to Yosl Tolner and the Aesthetics of the Genre
… study aims to trace the unique characteristics of a type of music unparalleled in the central-eastern European … Hasidic repertoire.” Although the dominant function of this music was not aesthetic contemplation but rather the … Zebi. 1932. Gesänge Der Chassidim . Vol. 10. Hebräisch-Orientalischer Melodienschatz. Leipzig: Friedrich …