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Diwan

… prayer-book Tikhlal, and included a collection of poems, songs and blessings composed by the Sephardi poets of … Naomi Bahat-Ratzon and Avner Bahat , for the JMRC CD: With Songs They Respond . Go to the CD Webpage to listen to …

Baqqashah (Pl. Baqqashot)

… the Baqqashot to this very day; his book, Zemirot Yisra’el (Songs of Israel) was published in three editions: Safed … of the Sephardi Jews of Spain (tunes of Judeo-Spanish songs) and of the peoples of the region: Arabic, Turkish, … and the lehanim to be applied for the performance of the song are provided in the headings of the piyyutim. The use …

Ma'oz Tzur

… likely based on an early Protestant chorale. See also the Song of the Month for Hanukkah, 2020: " Maoz Tzur: The …

Folk song

… Song sung by the people. In opposition to art songs which are composed and performed as art, folk songs are sung by everyone, on a daily basis or on festive …

Im nin'alu

… variant of the so’er (rajaz): -˘˘- -˘˘- - / -˘˘- -˘˘-. This song, as performed by Bracha Zefira, who sang a setting of … 240) Here we present four different performances of the song, including ten different melodies. This combination of … Each performer chooses which stanzas of the complete song suit him or his tradition, and the occasion on which it …

Shofet Kol Ha'aretz

… Days. As the High Holy Days season arrives, we dedicate the song of the month to rare recordings of Ashkenazi melodies … season and the Shofet hymn. This kind of relation between a song and its liturgical context is frequent and is almost a …

Purim, Purim, Purim lanu

… and North Africa of the “new” style of religious Hebrew song that developed in the 16th century in the Land of … the Western Jewish communities became familiar with the songs of Rabbi Israel Najara (ca. 1550-1625) and his followers. This popular song consists of quatrains of short verses with the rhyme …