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Fog al-Nakhal (فوق النخل): Multicultural and Transnational Journeys of an Iraqi Folksong
… / فوق النخل) “Fog al-Nakhal,” is nowadays one of the most popular songs in the Middle East. It is a muwwashshah, … history, one can see how “Fog al-Nakhal” was canonized as a popular Arab song through the disbursement of commercial … fits more appropriately with the theme of the text. The lyrics are sung from the perspective of a lover who looks …
Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
… . . . tell different stories” (p. xix). Yet as far as song lyrics about Jewish-Latvian encounters are concerned, I … (despite Karnes’s claim that this song is unique). It was popularized during Israel’s 1948 War as “ Hafinjan ” (“The … songs sung by Holocaust survivors. The setting of the popular American melody and Hebrew verse was therefore not a …
In The Land Of The Pyramids: A Secular Take On Passover
… of the song and its catchy melody led to its reception and popularity as a “folk” song, at times deprived of any … it has not been located, thus far, independent of the lyrics of “Piramidn” in any folk tune collection. The agency … of Edelstadt’s songs in Eastern Europe, “Der arbeter.” The popularity of “Piramidn” in the Russian Empire and later on …
The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… characteristic of the Andalusian Sephardic milieu. The lyrics cover an apparently earthly topic, but do so with … a mirror poem, was composed in Provence, attesting to the popularity of our song already by the mid-15 th century. [1] … Collection of Zionist and National Songs, The Best and Most Popular Songs of Famous Poets in Hebrew, English and Yiddish …
“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… recording by the singer Lior Amadi in the Mizrahi (Eastern) popular music style and by the band, Tzlil Ha-rag. [16] [1] …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… there are many such commonplace songs. Some of them became popular in one social circle or another and later entered … can all be located in traditional liturgical poems and the lyrics, like many of the songs in Binder’s book, would sound … (1931) and the “Songs of Zion” (1942)). It appears in popular collections of Israeli songs produced in America, …
Haynt Iz Purim, Brider
… for money at the end of a traditional Purimshpil with lyrics such as ‘Haynt iz purim, morgn iz oys, git undz a por … tune (Allegretto) of the widespread Purim song that became popular following the zamelbukh , the melody in Goldfaden’s …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… feature in the gestation of the Zionist anthem and its popular reception. Music In 1884, Imber read his poem … by then [1888?] as Carul cu Boi (Wagon and Oxen)” and “the lyrics [of Carul cu Boi ] had been applied at some point [to … ‘ Luncile s-au deştepta ’) that continues to be quite popular in Rumanian and Moldavian schools to this day. [13] …
A Gneyve - A Yiddish Song of Theft and Poverty
… being the names of a second version with slightly different lyrics and a completely different melody. 'A Gneyve' is part … (example 2). Here, however, there is a slight change in the lyrics. In the versions discussed above, the narrator … female performers to sing them on the stage. She was widely popular in Europe and later in the United States, where she …
Hag Purim – The story behind its melody
… 1962, p. 168, no. 114. Example 6 “Sabbathlichter” (lyrics: S. Rosenblum, music (!): J. Engel), Juedische … arrives, we dedicate the Song of the Month to a very popular Eastern European Ashkenazi melody that, in the early … repertoire, songs about Jewish festivals were particularly popular and remained part of the festive repertoire sung …