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Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… to Niggun ‘Akedah. It will assess their thematic content, formal aspects, as well as their cultural contexts and … Yiẓḥak , or ‘Akedah ) has assumed an important function in Jewish religion and culture since Antiquity. This renowned … Yudisher shtam enjoyed immense popularity in Ashkenazi society, as is evidenced by the relatively large number of …
Bernardo Feuer
… especially of Feuer’s father. Feuer continued his studies for a brief period in Warsaw, though his family does not … exclusively synagogue material and included arrangements of Jewish folk songs, choral parts of operas in the original … provinces. He was an ad honorem advisor to the Hazzanim Society of Argentina and enjoyed respect and recognition …
Four Melodies for Four Questions
… New Findings about the 'Traditional' Israeli Melody for Mah Nishtanah Jewish music research rarely considers the Jewish home as a … Abileah was a founding member of the Saint Petersburg Society for Jewish Folk Music. His work was performed only …
Qad Zawajunī - Here I Was Wed
… 57 … 718 … Israel … Israel … Background Qad Zawajunī is a form of 'play song” or singing game commonly performed among the Jewish communities of central and southern Yemen. It is sung … fate are used by the women to critique the patriarchal society's expectations from them: that they carry out all of …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… If you have ever searched for Hatikvah online, you were surely exposed to a barrage of … culture emerged in Palestine and spread throughout the Jewish world with remarkable speed.It also shows how its … some of them borrowed from the surrounding non-Jewish society. [29] Ashkenazi Hypothesis Also Ashkenazi melodies …
A Gneyve - A Yiddish Song of Theft and Poverty
… created a number of songs about poverty and how the Jewish community “dealt with economic problems on the … Besides telling the story of a robbery this song could therefore be a roundabout way of showing the righteousness and … of Yiddish Folksong . Philedelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America. Rubin, Ruth. 1976. A Treasury of …
Ehad mi Yodea - Its sources, variations, and parodies
… the music within different historical contexts and local Jewish traditions. “E h ad mi yodea” is a cumulative song. … of mercy (according to Maimonides). The song is performed at the end of the Passover seder , generally by all … of Yiddish Folksong . Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1963. Sharvit, Shimon. “The Oriental Version of ‘E …
Hag Purim – The story behind its melody
… 1912, p. 6. In this publication the melody was arranged for soprano and two altos. Example 3 M'nuchoh v'simchoh , … 82-83. Example 8 Harry Coopersmith, editor, Little Books of Jewish Songs: Purim , Chicago: Board of Jewish Education, … in the way Purim is conceived by the secular Israeli Jewish society, from a religious festival to a children's festival …
«A Special Kind of Antisemitism»: On Russian Nationalism and Jewish Music
… In 1958, on the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Society for Jewish Folk Music, the composer Solomon Rosowsky published a …
Judeo-Spanish Songs for the Life Cycle in the Eastern Mediterranean
… Sound Archives of the Israel National Library that span for over four decades. Eighty-seven songs are included in … בן-נאה, ירון 2008 Jews in the realm of the Sultans: Ottoman Jewish society in the seventeenth century . Tübingen: Mohr …