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Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… Lynn Friedman (1951-2011) was an American Jewish singer-songwriter, whose compositions played an important role in … of liturgical and religious Jewish themes, educational songs for children, community and identity-building songs for youth, and introspective songs meant for spiritual …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… As the High Holy Days season arrives, we dedicate again the Song of the Month to this text, that was already featured is … Our previous feature on Shofet kol ha’aretz in the Song of the Month series (September, 2014) stressed the … and Shofet kol ha’aretz. This kind of relation between a song and its liturgical context is frequent and is almost a …
Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… read on Purim; and (6) one for the festive megillot —Song of Songs, Ruth, and Ecclesiastes—read on Passover, Shavuot, and … We will find that the modes for Torah readings and for the Song of Songs, Ruth, and Ecclesiastes both use a major …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… … In 1926, in “New Palestinean [sic] Folk Songs” – one of the earliest Zionist songbooks published in America – A. W. Binder (1895-1966) notated and arranged a song called (in his spelling) “Na-aleh L’artsenu – On to Our …
Haint Iz Purim, Brider, Part II
… In the last Song of the Month we introduced the song for Purim ‘Haint Iz Purim, Brider’ (Today is Purim, … research led us to several versions and variants of this song, reflecting once again the intricate ways in which …
Haynt Iz Purim, Brider
… brider' from the Ruth Rubin's archival collection, "Folksongs and Folklore 1948-1967 – Holidays' Songs – Purim." Recorded in New York City, 1956, from Mary … CD 2091. This is an example of the presence of the Purim song in the Yiddish song revival in Germany. … Haynt Iz …
Yonatan Malin
… Lieder, Klezmer, and Jewish liturgical music. His book Songs in Motion: Rhythm and Meter in the German Lied was …
Vivat
… 1820s-30s]. Fridkin 1925, p. 45-47. “...some ‘Dorian’ songs do bear the imprint of Moldavian influence. We are thinking of songs in which the intonations of Moldavian dances can be heard. As an example, consider the hassidic song ‘Az got vet gebn gezunt un lebn’ (‘If God Gives Health …
Vemen vestu zingen, vemen? Leibu Levin Performs in Yiddish
… “The songs of Leibu await definitive professional evaluation,” … It includes a selection of a representative corpus of songs performed by Leibu Levin with or without instrumental … Lukin, a researcher of the JMRC specializing on Yiddish song and culture in Eastern Europe prepared a detailed …
Or Haganuz
… to put together a selection of hazzanut pieces and Yiddish songs in new arrangements for voice and piano by Hajdu. … Jewish Music … Gems of Ashkenazi Hazzanut and Yiddish Songs Revived … Hazzan, Hazan, Chazzan, Chazzanut, Hazzanim, …