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Karaite Jews Musical Tradition
… guests. The liturgy seems to be the oldest layer of Karaite sacred poetry; it only contains a few variations on a … are a kind of opening for secular music to seep into the sacred poetry, both in Eastern Europe and in Egypt. Whereas … culture for generations, and remain to this day. Today, the sacred poetry of the Karaites is in the process of change …
Society for Jewish Folk Music
… expressing the ambivalence between the pure love of the sacred and carnal love. Brandmann’s setting of the song is …
Contrafactum
… the 18 th and 19 th centuries, the Hassidim considered it a sacred task to transform secular texts into religious ones. …
Hay ram galeh
… Sephardic tradition of turning secular Arabic songs into sacred Hebrew ones. Halevi is certainly not a trained poet …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… Amsterdam ([David Aharon] De Sola [and Emmanuel Aguilar], “Sacred Melodies” [ Ancient Melodies of the Spanish and … again Thy favor and the ancient might And glory of her sacred fane, And let the son of Jesse's light Be set on …
The “Hebrew Melody” by Joseph Achron: New version for voice, violin and piano premiered in Jerusalem, January 8, 2009
… burn. The nobility in every soul And the love for Zion’s sacred goal Within me rise Till the tears come blinding to …
Hanukkah Blessings
… version of the common Ashkenazi tune for the piyyut (sacred song) Maoz Tzur, sometimes known in English-speaking …
Diwan
… cycle of life, such as weddings and circumcisions. All the sacred writings were for the use of men only, for only they …
Havdalah
… recited at the end of Shabbat and festivals to separate the sacred from the ordinary, the holiday from the regular week …
From Court and Tarikat to Synagogue: Ottoman Art Music and Hebrew Sacred Songs
… and Tarikat to Synagogue: Ottoman Art Music and Hebrew Sacred Songs …