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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…
Ahavat ‘Olamim
Ahavat ‘olamim (Everlasting Love) is an original production based on a performance held…
Hayrana Laih
… Arab world, but also has connections to Jewish musical contexts and musicians. The lyrics of Hayrana Laih were written …
Ner Haviv, Ner Na'eh
… it with an important twist: the identification of texts’ author and an additional musical version, very … on the production together. The writer of most of the texts of the medley was the poet Binyamin Avidany, who wrote texts for Abuganim as well as for the famous Jerusalemite …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… in place and could be transferred to the singing of other texts. The thirteen to fourteen century Ashkenazi Mahzor at … moved eastwards, as it contains many Eastern Ashkenazi texts added later in its margins. Through manuscripts such … Bible, and there are precedents for the connection of Bible texts with Biblical chant. Furthermore, this topical motif …
Hanukkah Blessings
… when the lighting of the candles occurred in community contexts, special musical settings were arranged. Our Song of …
Piyyutim for the High Holidays
… Sephardi cantors who use it for singing other liturgical texts. The melody consists of two musical phrases repeated …
Mi-al har horev from the manuscripts of Obadiah the Proselyte
… of Mi-al har horev , and a fragment with additional Hebrew texts containing neumatic notation. The additional hymn texts Wa-Eda’ mah and Baruk’ Hag-Gever were labeled …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… bible, and there are precedents for the connection of Bible texts with Biblical chant. Furthermore, this topical motif …
Adon Olam
… a popular hymn and is sung in many Para-liturgical contexts. In the Moroccan tradition, Adon Olam is sung at …