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Purim, Purim, Purim lanu
… in Western Europe and North Africa of the “new” style of religious Hebrew song that developed in the 16th …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… bears the unmistakable stamp of the Eastern Ashkenazi style of hazzanut. It is not only the expressivity and the … and imaginative capacity that are characteristic of this style. The melody itself is not based on a “universal … interested on the historiography of Jewish music. Cohen’s style is characterized by associations of ideas and by …
Ner Haviv, Ner Na'eh
… ner na’eh’ is in spirit and language a short song in folk style with simple rhymes, and was probably selected because … set the same poem to a very different musical style. This version of the song was recorded in an …
Ahavat ‘Olamim
Ahavat ‘olamim (Everlasting Love) is an original production based on a performance held…
Ten Zemirot Ami: New Melodies for Piyyutim from the Aleppo Mahzor (1527)
Ten zemirot ‘ami is the second disc in the new “Contemporary Jewish Music” series of the…
With Songs They Respond: The Diwan of the Jews from Central Yemen
The Jews of Yemen possess rich musical traditions, which have always been of interest to…
Responsorial Singing
… “responsive,” or “responsorial” is a singing performance style in which a solo singer (leader) and a group of singers …
Ades Synagogue
… in the afternoon during summer Shabbats. The piyyutim style of the Aleppine Jews as practiced in the Ades … was a big influence on the development of the hazzanut style known today as Jerusalem-Sephardic. Many important …
Hay ram galeh
… of the so-called Sephardic-Jerusalemite liturgical style. This style merges diverse Jewish practices from the Middle East, such as the urban Turkish-Ottoman style that was prevalent in the major cities of the Ottoman …