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Piyyutim for the High Holidays
… printed in Sephardi prayer books as reshut to Qaddish in the Yom Kippur Minhah service or as a pizmon for singing … of the Judeo-Spanish speaking Jews. The old traditional Ottoman Jewish community ruled by rabbinical authority was … and to subversive political ideologies within the Ottoman Empire. Haim was educated in one of the most important …
Purim, Purim, Purim lanu
… by Rabbi Yosef Shalom Gallego who was born in Saloniki (then part of the Ottoman Empire) in the last third of the 16th century, is one of the …
Baqqashah (Pl. Baqqashot)
… The Baqqashot (petition) is a religious practice maintained … maqamat (musical modes) in use in the court music of the Ottoman Empire during the author’s lifetime. Moreover, the lehanim …
From Court and Tarikat to Synagogue: Ottoman Art Music and Hebrew Sacred Songs
… An examination of the relation between the Jews and the Art Music in the Ottoman Empire. Historical background, written and oral sources, and …
Ottoman Hebrew Sacred Songs
… This rare recording of one of the last surviving singers of the Maftirim choir (Edirne, … from the 17th century of Hebrew & sacred poems set to Ottoman classic music. Recorded by Moshe Kirschbaum, … … 1998 … Song … Piyyutim … Piyyut … Hymns … Songs … Ottoman Empire … Ottoman … Eastern Sephardi … Moshe Kirschbaum … …
An Early Twentieth-Century Sephardi Troubadour
… released his first 78 rpm records. This recording vies for the honor of being the first commercial Sephardi recording. … state of Sephardi music in the large urban centers of the Ottoman Empire ca. 1890-1918. Click to see updates to the booklet of …
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… was an Israeli researcher of Jewish music with emphasis on the study of Hassidic music traditions. He was also a public … Born in Myslowitz, Upper Silesia, then part of the German Empire (now Mysłowice, Poland), Geshuri (a name derived from … in his opinion, in the early Hassidic immigration to Ottoman Palestine. This musical “Orientalism” finds its …
Eliezer S. Abinun
… The Rev Eliezer Abinun Born in Sarajevo, Bosnia, in 1912. He … was the last staging-post for camel transport within the Ottoman empire. Goods carried by camel were transferred to horses or …
Haim Effendi
… and musician during his lifetime, very few details about the life of Haim Effendi have reached us. Born Haim Behar … of the Judeo-Spanish speaking Jews. The old traditional Ottoman Jewish community ruled by rabbinical authority was … and to subversive political ideologies within the Ottoman Empire. Haim was educated in one of the most important …
Isaac Eliyahu Navon
… born in Adrianpole (today Edirne) on May 17, 1859. His father, Rabbi Eliyahu Navon, was one of the Jewish … of the most prosperous communities of Sephardic Jews in the Ottoman Empire. The scholars of Adrianpole excelled especially in …