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Ezra Barnea
… hemia ‘ Ezra. Above all Barnea was an educator, but also a synagogue musician, paytan and cantor, an expert on the Jerusalem … to the variety of liturgical traditions of the Jerusalemite synagogues that surrounded his neighborhood, he became …
A Flowering Debate: A Judeo-Spanish Song (not just) for Tu BiShvat
… emerged therefore from a rich multicultural poetic and musical background that can be traced back to the medieval … Moshe ben Mikhael Hacohen, who officiated at the Levantine synagogue in Venice, and David Behar Hacohen (British … Mahur in its header (see Figure 2 above ). Evidence of this musical tradition of El debate de las flores is scant. A …
Yaakov Huri
… relations dominating the encounters between European ethnomusicologists and their subjects of inquiry in Israel. Our … located in this neighborhood was the Minhat Yehuda Synagogue, a spiritual and cultural center of the … Moshe and Ruthy Huri was a sought-after cantor in Jerusalem synagogues, especially those with an Iraqi constituency, not …
Book Review: Music’s Making - The Poetry of Music; The Music of Poetry
… Cherlin M., Music’s making: The Poetry of Music, the Music of Poetry . SUNY Press, 2024. In a letter … which is not in this book. And that is the music used in synagogues for the cantillation of the Torah and Prophets as …
Tish-nigunim Ascribed to Yosl Tolner and the Aesthetics of the Genre
… study aims to trace the unique characteristics of a type of music unparalleled in the central-eastern European … later for Hasidic paraliturgical performance outside the synagogue; and, finally, traditional melodies of … the performance than the self-expression of a cantor in a synagogue or a klezmer soloist at a wedding. Paraliturgical …
5. Mi-Pi El (De Boca del Dio)
… once again, from the beginning. It is celebrated in the synagogue with a festive liturgy and a series of seven … Scrolls found in the Ark. In the tradition of the Beit El synagogue in Jerusalem and its leader Rabbi Shalom Shar’abi … in and outside Israel. Among the most important historical musical documents we possess of the melody of ‘Mi-pi El’ is …
Yossef (Yusuf) Zaarur
… Childhood and early musical career Yossef (Yusuf) Zaarur (يوسف زعرور) was born … ten children. As with most Baghdadi Jews, Zaarur attended synagogue services and traditional family celebrations from … al-Kabbir was a source of inspiration for the younger musician. He owned the modern-styled coffeehouse Sawwas on …
Shabbat and Year Cycle Songs from the Collection of James Levy
… reflects James Levy's profound connection to his father's musical legacy and the enduring cultural traditions of … Comprising over 350 songs, it represents a distinctive musical heritage, preserving the melodies of past … and the project on the liturgical music of the Gibraltar synagogues . … Passover … Rosh Hashanah … Rosh HaShanah … …
1. Oh Lovely Parrot!
… that the high place is Chendamangalam, where the Jewish synagogue and neighborhood are located on a hill surrounded …
A cantor’s pledge in the High Holyday’s Provençal liturgy (Minhag Carpentras)
… unique texts such as the selection of Psalm verses whose music is discussed below. The memory of the melodies and … remaining leaders of this unique community to preserve in music notation whatever was left from the liturgical … who at the age of thirteen already officiated in the great synagogue in Nice. … Finally, Nathan and Youssef Cohen, two …