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Rabbi Meir Eleazar Atiya
The Jewish Music Research Centre of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem mourns the…
El Incendio de Saloniki: The Song of the Fire
… thirty synagogues, including the Chief Rabbinate. 1 Map displaying the extent of the fire, with affected areas shown in … eventually be eclipsed by that of the Holocaust, the fire played a catalytic role in ending an era of Jewish life in … to three previous versions mentioned above (variant 1), displays a wider variety of ornamental activity, including more …
The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… the Rechabites (compare with Jeremiah 35:4). The sonic interplay between the words yeini (my wine) / ‘eyni (my eyes) is … for the legendary label Folkways (Track 12 on the long-play Yemenite and Other Folk Songs , Folkways Records, FW …
Max Lempel
… Orchestra), conducted choirs and was active as an organist, playing organ concerts at the YMCA in Jerusalem. His outdoor …
Tanya Sermer
… conflict, gender politics, and the production of space. She plays piano, guitar, oud, and Middle Eastern percussion, and …
Avi Bar-Eitan
… artists. He has composed music for more than twenty plays, the musical “Kolot,” documentary films, radio programs, music for the Playback Theatre, music for dance, and electronic music. He …
Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… an American Jewish singer-songwriter, whose compositions played an important role in dramatically shifting the …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… Ashdod. Toledano is accompanied by the extraordinary kanun player Abraham David Hacohen (aka Ibrahim Da’ud], originally … in which phrase B ascends to the upper register. The players improvise by following the singer in his …
Kabalos-Shabos (LKT)
… the badkhn to all of their closest friends and relatives to play a ‘kabalos-shabos.’ The badkhn would call out to whom, and the klezmorim would play a march.” [Vilna, Lithuania, c. 1880s-90s]. Zizmor …
Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… within each verse. Associations of the major scale could play into this as well, for some listeners and readers, …