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“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… during the Sabbath. Therefore, a prominent motif in these songs is the figure of Elijah the Prophet (Eliyahu), whose … version (which means primarily Baghdadi) appears among songs for the Sabbath, the Sephardic version is included in … recording by the singer Lior Amadi in the Mizrahi (Eastern) popular music style and by the band, Tzlil Ha-rag. [16] …
The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… Berry Sacharov - 2012 … Not all traditional Jewish holiday songs have survived in their original performance context or … 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 …
Bernardo Feuer
… synagogue material and included arrangements of Jewish folk songs, choral parts of operas in the original language or translated to Yiddish, workers’ songs, and choral symphonies drawn from popular repertoire. In addition, Feuer composed works …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… dating from 1511 , [11] the story is mentioned within the popular homiletic work Tsene-rene (Elbaum and Turniansky … liturgical function. [12] Yudisher shtam enjoyed immense popularity in Ashkenazi society, as is evidenced by the … of the Binding of Isaac and was also used for additional songs in Hebrew and Yiddish, the content of which relates to …
In The Land Of The Pyramids: A Secular Take On Passover
… Studying songs for Passover offers us a rich field of inquiry into … of the song and its catchy melody led to its reception and popularity as a “folk” song, at times deprived of any … of Edelstadt’s songs in Eastern Europe, “Der arbeter.” The popularity of “Piramidn” in the Russian Empire and later on …
Moshe Attias
… Yossef Chetrit from University of Haifa he recorded many songs from these manuscripts that Chetrit transcribed for … Elmaghribi, who enjoyed both international recognition and popularity among the various communities in Israel, Mwijo … “Hazarti Elaikh” (I Returned to You), or the immensely popular “ Zeh Lo Halom ” (It Is Not a Dream, recorded by …
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… sacred and poetic texts with melodies from pre-existing popular songs, a practice with roots in the sixteenth century that … only as a matter of citizenship but as a matter of popular or collective consciousness—was still a viable …
Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
… Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics: Selections from the Melngailis … (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 …
La Galana: A Very Old-New Sephardic Song
… old recordings show, among many other matters, that widely popular songs from the turn of the 20th century are absent from late … from the EMI Archive Trust (1907-1912) , is one of the many popular Sephardi songs that have not entered the canon of …
Purim Lanu, Pesah a la Mano: Celebrating Flory Jagoda (1923-2021)
… 25 … Back in 2008 we dedicated our Song of the Month to the popular piyyut “Purim, Purim, Purim lanu” (“Purim, Purim, … and their salvation by Esther and Mordecai, stressing the popular joy traditionally expressed on Purim for this … the opening line of one of the most popular modern Ladino songs, “Pesah a la mano,” authored by singer, accordionist, …