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Four Melodies for Four Questions

… ages the Haggadah was performed with diverse techniques of recitation and learning tunes, fitting the character of the … or even tetratonic and are characterized by a predominant recitation tone that is preceded or followed by intervallic … first published in c. 1877 (no. 764). The note G (5) is the recitation tone, except for the third question in which c …

“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies

… is embellished by piyyutim that are sung after the recitation of the blessings. These piyyutim often contain …

Figure 2: 'Enosh ʽad daka tashev' with the Indication Be-niggun ‘Akedah

Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac

… to end on an impressive strong high note leading into the recitation of ’ El melekh yoshev . In our transcription, we … caesura dividing the phrase into two segments. Some of the recitation tones are notated as breves, but in our … and repetitive, yet it recalls a psalmody, mainly due to recitation tones that render it flexible and enable it to …

Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record

… Sheikha Sakina Hasan is said to have presented her Quranic recitations in Aleppo’s Umayyad mosque (Kawakibi 2010, 25); … as its mediator, and has the capacity to transform it. X’s recitation of a Hebrew hymn and Y’s account of their …

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A Moroccan Synagogue Service

… that moves between fast non-metered mumbling on a single recitation tone to clear-cut florid melodies with fixed … emanations of the Godhead. In spite of opinions against its recitation, Moroccan Jews punctually perform it, an … section, as in this case) usually says it in a whispering recitation, almost like an incantation, around one tone and …