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Moshe Cordova
… Moshe Cordova Composer, singer, ‘ud and piano player Moshe Cordova (b. Edirne, … the capital city, Cordova pursued his career as a synagogue singer and composer. Parallel to his musical career he … During its heyday in the early twentieth century, Jewish singers from various quarters of Istanbul, as well as from …
Purim Lanu, Pesah a la Mano: Celebrating Flory Jagoda (1923-2021)
… popular modern Ladino songs, “Pesah a la mano,” authored by singer, accordionist, composer and teacher Flory Jagoda … without the author’s attribution. The Catalonian singer Rosa Zaragoza recorded the song as “traditional among … ranged from the New England Conservatory in Boston to a singer in from Venezuela , The latter version was released …
צלילי איוב במערב־התיכון של ארצות הברית: איש רציני יהודי לנוכח עץ החיים הנוצרי
… מופיע ומזמר ב'סרט המדבר הראשון', זמר הג'אז , The Jazz Singer , המתרחש וגם יוצא לאור בשנות המעבר הללו (1927) ממזרח … Luis Buñuel, 1962, Gustavo Alatriste, Mexico). The Jazz Singer (dir. Alan Crosland, 1927, Warner Bros., USA). …
La Galana: A Very Old-New Sephardic Song
… a studio ensemble comprising the most popular Sephardic singers of Salonica. It was still mentioned in an article in … Archive includes another recording of the song, this one by singer Elie Cohen. He recorded a slightly shorter version of …
Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
… field work alone contained 120 songs performed by Jewish singers (p. xxiv), but most of them were not included in the … for the first measure. However, it may be argued that the singer simply did not remember the melody well (as s/he did …
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… trademark sign, the gazelle, and the name of the singer and the song written in Arabic, Hebrew and English. … and the Hebrew, as well as the English inscriptions of the singer’s name read Raf oul Tabba ch , instead of Raphael … about the famous record’s origins—both the song and its singer—I played the copy on my phone to a variety of people …
Moshe Attias
… Although presented in the Hebrew press as a payytan (singer of religious poetry), Cheikh Mwijo rarely recorded … recording of “ Ki Eshmera Shabbat ”) nor was he a renowned singer of bakkashot in the Moroccan Andalusian style. On the … from the 1990s, generated diverse and emotional reactions. Singer and composer Kobi Oz claimed, in defense of Mwijo, …
In The Land Of The Pyramids: A Secular Take On Passover
… is preserved at the Dartmouth Jewish Sound Archive. The singer is identified in the tape’s box as “Lerer” Zakhar. … was commercially recorded in the 1960s by the noted Jewish singer Sidor Belarsky (1898-1975) on the LP Seder Nights …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… in each source, as are the texts’ titles, indications for singers and text-underlays. (To avoid confusion, the term … The first phrase (A) lacks an indication of the intended singer, but is understood to be the cantor's part. The third …
Numerical Representation of Variants of Orally Transmitted Tunes
… is ever-changing, depending upon the place, time, and the singer; and even when it is notated, the musical signs and … the many personal habits in the voice production of the singer or transmitter. The problem of identifying and …
The Music and its Function in the Singing of the Qasīd anda birabbī dī kalaq (Hebrew)
… first two poems is changed in a very particular way by the singer. Such a change occurs in the poem aAbda’ birabbi di …
Vocal Folk-Polyphonies of the Western Orient in Jewish Tradition
… may join the singing in some sort of sound combination. The singer may also accompany himself on some kind of stringed …


