(203 results found)
Book Review: Charles B. Hersch, Jews and Jazz Improvising Ethnicity
… chapter about the African-American appropriation of Jewish songs and themes, as though Smith had not been a Jew. If not … In those very early years, composers wrote “ethnic” songs for ethnic stage characters to perform, including … bandleaders, including Benny Goodman, who had the most popular band in America throughout the 1930s (and who also …
Ethiopian Jews in Israel - a Musical Ethnography
… national reincarnation, sparked both media interest and the popular imagination. … But the community underwent (and … 4). Chapter 6 provides detailed musical analysis of several songs: a solo voice and masinqo performance, a solo voice … University Press. Herman, Marilyn, 2012, Gondar’s Child: Songs, Honor, and Identity among Ethiopian Jews in Israel . …
Beregovski Collection - Nign no. 3
… in Beregovski’s Evreiskiie narodnyie pesni [Jewish Folk Songs] – the collection that Beregovski prepared for … Hebrew repertoire, usually known as Shirei Eretz Israel (Songs of the Land of Israel) or Zemer ‘Ivri (“Hebrew song”), … thinking (expressed mostly in chordal melodic motifs) and popular urban rhythmic patterns to the Hassidic repertoire …
A Moroccan Synagogue Service
… al-Sheikh (1900-1970). However, it belongs to a genre of popular songs that draw heavily from folk styles from the Greater … in Israel. The song was made famous by its recording by the popular singer Yehoram Gaon, whose family is of Eastern …
Dudu Tassa
… which plays new renditions of old Iraqi and Kuwaiti songs written and composed by Tassa's late grandfather and … ' From Daud to Dudu: Israeli rock star makes classic Iraqi songs popular again ' . Radio France Internationale, (2019). …
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, “girdle” … history, one can see how “Fog al-Nakhal” was canonized as a popular Arab song through the disbursement of commercial …
Craig Taubman
… for his Jewish liturgical music for the synagogue and his popular contemporary music. Taubman studied music at UCLA … keyboards, and several singers. Those events were popular among young audiences and were attended by more than 1500 people at a time. The songs that Taubman wrote for this setting were gathered in …
Songs of Palestinian Jews from the Collection of Isaac Lurie (1913)
… with biblical cantillation, prayers and piyyutim (songs of religious content) for Sabbaths, Holydays and life … For example, the transcription made by Idelsohn to the popular wedding song "Maq’helot ‘am", a poem by Mordecai … a version different than the one that eventually became popular in the contemporary practice of the descendants of …
Eastern Mediterranean Judeo-Spanish Songs
… the forgotten voices of many Sephardic artists extremely popular a century and more ago, but also expands the … In the future Eastern Mediterranean Judeo-Spanish Songs from the EMI Archive Trust (1907-1912) will be … >>> “Los judíos españoles de Oriente: Lengua y literatura popular,” Buletin de la Institución Libre de Enseñanza IX, …
Las horas de la vida
… One of the most widespread and frequently recorded Sephardi songs throughout the 20th century. The version by Haim is … the present version incorporates stanzas from other popular Spanish songs. It is plausible that Haim Effendi played a crucial …