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The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… Early Songs of the Land of Israel (1882-1946) . … Not all traditional Jewish holiday songs have survived in their …
The Cantorial Fantasia of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
… supplemented and countered the usual manner of improvising traditional tunes. The genuine homophony of synagogue chant … of long standing, two ways of realizing and elaborating traditional material are recognized in the early cantorial … is the subject of this investigation. The former takes a traditional motive and unfolds it by means of variation and …
Remarks Concerning the Use of the Melograph in Ethnomusicological Studies
… Israel, and an examination of the changes occurring in the traditional singing of Aleppo Jews as a result of 'culture …
The Hasidic Dance-Niggûn - A Study Collection and its Classificatory Analysis
… also possess criteria formulated in their own traditional terms - according to which they judge whether a …
The Musical Realization of Biblical Cantillation Symbols (te‘amîm) in the Jewish Yemenite Tradition
… biblical recitation is a central liturgical part; (b) the traditional study-sessions of biblical sections; and (c) …
Idelsohn: The Founder and Builder of the Science of Jewish Music – A Creator of Jewish Song
… in reestablishing a 'favourable attitude towards traditional Jewish observances, the Hebrew language, and the … convictions were supported by his wife's great interest in traditional Jewish music. Her efforts to educate the Jewish …
A.Z. Idelsohn and the Study of the Traditional Pronunciations of Hebrew (Hebrew)
… groups, Idelsohn also became acquainted with their traditional pronunciations, which he described and discussed … Idelsohn distinguished nine different groups in the traditional pronunciations, his division being based on … groups should carry over the distinctive features of their traditional liturgical pronunciations into the spoken …
Plurivocality in the Liturgical Music of the Jews of San‘a (Yemen)
… Musicologists today agree that the traditional music of the Yemenite Jews has unique stylistic … his or her own way - to deepen our understanding of the traditional musical styles of the Yemenite Jews. …
Inventing Jewish Music
… within Jewish society and challenged from without. Traditional music, once a symbol of Jewish identity and an … music … Jewish … Jewish traditions … Jewish community … Traditional music … Tradition … Musical traditions … Jewish …
Songs of Grief and Hope: Ancient Western-Sephardi Melodies of Qinot for the Ninth of Av
… prayer book which includes the prayers for the four traditional fast days. The book is usually entitled Seder …