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Tanya Sermer
… conflict, gender politics, and the production of space. She plays piano, guitar, oud, and Middle Eastern percussion, and …
Max Lempel
… Orchestra), conducted choirs and was active as an organist, playing organ concerts at the YMCA in Jerusalem. His outdoor …
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 …
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 …
Rabbi Meir Eleazar Atiya
The Jewish Music Research Centre of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem mourns the…
The Biblical NEBEL
… with the resonator held upright against the body of the player). We have been led to doubt this for several …
Vocal Folk-Polyphonies of the Western Orient in Jewish Tradition
… original state of monophony while part singing and group playing were considered an art product and a late result of …
The Music of Kurdistan Jews - a Synopsis of their Musical Styles
… languages and, parallel to them, of archaic singing and playing have survived the vicissitudes of history. It is …
Jubal in the Middle Ages
… of musical science. Jubal, 'the father of them that play upon the harp and the organ,' steps out of ancient, …
The Magical and Theurgic Interpretation of Music in Jewish Sources from the Renaissance to Hassidism (Hebrew)
… Abrabanel describe music in magical terms: by singing and playing one can influence the extra-divine world. From the …