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Diwan
In Arab culture, a Diwan is an anthology of poems by one or several poets. In the…
Ten Zemirot Ami: New Melodies for Piyyutim from the Aleppo Mahzor (1527)
Ten zemirot ‘ami is the second disc in the new “Contemporary Jewish Music” series of the…
Cute Boy, Charming Girl
Cute Boy, Charming Girl: Children’s Songs of the Modern Hebrew Nation(1882-1948)…
Contrafactum
A term borrowed from medieval Christianity. It refers to a technique of…
Seliha-Selihot
The word Seliha (plural- Selihot) means forgiveness in Hebrew.
In the singular form…
Society for Jewish Folk Music
Violins, Voice and Jews
In the spring of 1897, on the eve of the Russian Orthodox…
Brakha Tzefira
Brakha Tzefira was born in Jerusalem in 1910. Her father emmigrated from Yemen in 1887,…
Yiddish Folksong (The Music of the Yiddish Folksong)
The Yiddish language, which probably began to develop around the tenth century A.D. in…
Israeli folksongs
* This entry is a summarized version of the full artice about Israeli folksongs by…
Andalusian Nuba
In this article we will review the development of the Nuba, which is considered the…