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The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… of the Land of Israel (1882-1946) . … Not all traditional Jewish holiday songs have survived in their original … and does not start with the refrain. In an important study of this song, Ayelet Ettinger has shown that as early … and its documentation are therefore formidable. However, musical renditions of the piyyut are rather rare and will be …
Four Melodies for Four Questions
… about the 'Traditional' Israeli Melody for Mah Nishtanah Jewish music research rarely considers the Jewish home as a … that were performed beforehand using traditional unmetered study or prayer formulae. A canon of tunes developed, first …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… of the opening stanza, is the refrain (the same words and music are repeated) and x, the last line of the rest of the … we can reconstruct with a certain degree of accuracy how Jewish liturgical practices evolved prior to the invention … traditions of Shofet kol ha'aretz Preceding Avenary in the study of Shofet kol ha’aretz was the Reverend Francis L. …
Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… Introduction Jewish cantillation—the intoned reading of Torah, Haftarah, … and below each word. However, the chant also has clear musical features, with a variety of scales, motives, … opens the musical “flavor” or “taste” of the te’amim for study, alongside their text-phrasing functions. We will find …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… remembered for his contributions to the liturgical music of American Reform Judaism and his work on Biblical … library at the New York campus of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, was “Six Songs from the Jewish … is the existence of Shnirele Perele that led me to begin my study of Na’aleh L’artzeinu. The Yiddish lyrics of this song …
Moritz Rosenhaupt
… town of Jesberg near Kassel on March 14, 1841. However the Jewish Encyclopedia (1906) places his birth place in … major codifiers of the South German synagogue liturgy in musical notation and yet his name does not appear … choir and organ. This is an invaluable resource for the study of the South-German nussah (see illustration, below). …
Haint Iz Purim, Brider, Part II
… song, reflecting once again the intricate ways in which Jewish repertoires were constructed by diverse agents in the … section of the Jacob Michael Collection of Jewish Music at the National Sound Archives of the Israel National … by Levin Kipnis to which we have dedicated an extensive study in one of our previous Song of the Month. We can now …
Haynt Iz Purim, Brider
… tape from the AMLI Library in Haifa digitized by the Feher Music Center at Beth Hatefutsoth and transferred to the … repertoire for Purim. It has appeared in many American Jewish songsters at least since Samuel E. Goldfarb’s … the text and music of this famous Purim song are multiple; studying them shows the complex process through which modern …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… legislative design. Because of the “folk” origins of its music and the re-writing of Naftali Herz Imber’s poem … this body of data with the tools of critical theory. Studying Hatikvah shows how a distinct Zionist music culture emerged in Palestine and spread throughout the Jewish world with remarkable speed.It also shows how its …
Experiencing Devekut
… that was published in December 2014 as part of the Jewish Music Research Centre's Yuval Music Series. This study, the first of its kind, is based on extensive field …