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Book review: Hernan Tesler-Mabé, Mahler’s Forgotten Conductor
… the “complex, non-monolithic nature” of the German-Jewish experience that lies in the “interaction with and … a non-identarian perception of Jewishness as a lived experience that entails a flux of religious, national, and cultural configurations. But …
The Edith Gerson-Kiwi Legacy
… music to non-Western music, most particularly, the music of religious and ethnic communities in British Palestine. In … and analysis of the liturgical, para-liturgical and non-religious music of the non-European Jewish communities whose … highlight the processes of change that her new life and experiences in Western Asia brought. This transfer and …
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… sang in Arabic and recordings of them performing Jewish religious hymns in Hebrew are rare. In that regard, the … facilitating musical exchange was the migratory paths of religious students and pilgrims: Egyptian Sheikha Sakina … the ten lost seconds resulted from my inattentiveness, my inexperience with the practice of recording, or some technical …
In The Land Of The Pyramids: A Secular Take On Passover
… which Jewish holydays were reimagined and stripped of their religious origins and dimensions. The song shows how in the … through secular prisms and taught to children as part of nonreligious Yiddishist curricula. Its publication in a … in an educational long-play entitled The American Jewish Experience in Song produced on behalf of the board of Jewish …
El Incendio de Saloniki: The Song of the Fire
… arises in the Judeo-Spanish language regarding life events experienced as a community, such as the festival of Purim, … movement of the fire through the city of Saloniki and the experiences of the displaced residents, concluding with a … this fire was punishment for the sins of not keeping the religious laws of Shabbat ( los pekados del shabbat ).” 8 El …
Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… the purpose “of establishing an aural-spatial context for religious performance, inspiring and expressing a state of religious spirituality” (2000, 14). The present analysis … is both in tension and aligned with practice. In my experience, some communities aim for uniformity of practice; …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… in Binder’s book, would sound familiar to most Jews with a religious background but would be meaningful to secular Jews … L’artzeinu. The Yiddish lyrics of this song are deeply religious in nature and talk about the coming of the … a new life and become a core melody of contemporary Jewish experience. Though we cannot know for sure, it seems very …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… and member of the opera’s choir, Igly must have experienced in the Russian capital first-hand music of the … song) is the “true” original melody. A Secular Anthem, Religious Song, Concert Lied or Popular Hit? The reception … this official sanctification below in more detail. A religious song from West to East The reception of Hatikvah …
Karev Yom
… firmly attached to the land, free from the shackles of religious Jewish Orthodoxy and sexually appealing. It … the traditional Jewish repertoire, i.e. from the Diaspora experience rather than from the emerging triumphalist … to pass at midnight! As hinted above, Bikel transforms this religious poem into an unassuming folk song liberated from …
Experiencing Devekut
… fifth Habad Rebbe To understand the power of the niggun experience in the hasid ’s religious life, it is necessary to elaborate on concepts … importance of hasidic gatherings, in which the niggun experience plays a central role. These are the central …