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Aharon Amram
… Ha'ain and Ein Shemer. In school, his inclination towards music was noticed, and when he was fourteen, he … this activity, he received a special scholarship for music studies from the head of the Knesset (Israeli … famous by Ofra Haza, who recorded a version that became popular in Europe. Other songs of his include various …
Brakha Tzefira
… His wife Hadassah, Brakha's beloved teacher, encouraged her musical talents, and proposed that Tzefira should sing … connected to the recognition of the acceptance of their own music among Western teachers. Her success in Shefeyah … field of Israeli folksongs (Zemer Ivri), and produced more 'popular' music in the form of songs usually with piano …
Elohim Eshala
… They formed an ensemble specializing on Israeli “folk music” called “Oranim Tzabar” playing arrangements by … "Ve-ha-Kohen”). The second song is “Ah! Ofra,” a song popularized by Sara Levy Tanai. Shlomo Dahiyani's version … Moshe Wilensky (NSA K-334) is instructive. As a composer of popular music, Wilensky had no pretensions in his …
Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim
… the words ' Yishar koa h .' The Simple Reading The musical capabilities of the priests are very diverse and … on the priest. Some of the priests have received no musical training. In fact, many were not even trained to … the rabbis' reservations, the response verses remained popular, although the variety of responses is diverse and …
Almonds and Raisins
… were made in Yiddish. In Almonds and Raisins (named after a popular Yiddish song), director Russ Karel and narrator … life. Furthermore, many of these hundreds of films were musicals that prominently featured Yiddish music and Almonds … of which star cantor Moyshe Oysher who sings both Yiddish popular songs and Jewish liturgical music. This film is an …
Tipat Mazal (A Bit of Luck)
… is directed by and stars Ze'ev Ravach. It is about Zuzu, a popular Jewish Moroccan singer and the hardships that he and … place in Morocco at a wedding, he sings Abiadi Yana, a popular Moroccan song that is usually sung during Henna … Yana: … 57 … 57 … 9 … 34257 … … Moroccan immigrants … Musica mizrakhit … Mizrakhim … Zeev Revach … Zehava Ben … …
Hora
… r Moshe (Musa) Berlin (b. 1937), who took his tunes from musical scores and records published in the U.S., used the term Rumanian Hora (see musical example below) for a pair of slow Hora and Freylekhs … style of the Israeli Hora, was adopted from one of the popular figures of the Freylekhs . Although, from watching …
Society for Jewish Folk Music
… on the eve of the Russian Orthodox Easter, two Russian musicians met in an encounter that was to have impacts on classical and popular music to this day. Vladimir Stasov, music historian … written in Palestine and later Israel, as well as Israeli popular and folk music. Without their work, there would be …
Contrafactum
… above the first line of their poem a reference to a certain popular melody to which the lyrics could be sung. A famous … (the text in the red square is the reference to the popular melody in which the piyyut is ought to be sung) This … on this song can be found at Song of the Month ). Musical Transcription … Nissim Ben Yithak HaLevi's piyut Hai …
Freylekhs
… Yiddish term, popularly used to refer to a joyful Niggun, and is still … term that, in this case, signifies a musical genre. It seems that Freylekhs tunes comprised … Klezmer repertoire in Eastern Europe, and were the most popular amongst the Dance tunes . Support for this …