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A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… … The piyyut Shofet kol ha’aretz (‘Judge of all the Universe’) is a centerpiece of the morning service for Rosh … the Selihot for Yotzer of Yom Kippur with interpolations of verses in between each of the stanzas of our poem. More … is composed of two motifs which subdivide the long poetic verse of thirteen or more syllables. Avenary is able to …
Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… the Love Tonight” from The Lion King (at the end of the verse, on the words “Just to be with you”). From a semiotic …
Four Melodies for Four Questions
… a rule, through the ages the Haggadah was performed with diverse techniques of recitation and learning tunes, fitting … The score reveals that Abileah, who was a well-versed synagogue composer and pianist, was inspired by the … Sephardic and Oriental Jewries therefore applied diverse sonic patterns traditionally associated with Jewish …
“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… the havdalah blessings it is customary to add a sequence of verses, and to occasionally add free and impromptu baqqashot … in prayer books and piyyut collections published in many diverse locations and periods. Among the early printings that … , or “girdle poem”), where each strophe is comprised of two verses and each verse is divided into two short units. In …
The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… consists of an opening refrain and five stanzas of four verses, with the rhyme scheme AAAX, BBBX, CCCX, etc. The … issues with water), the poet scolds Moshe. In the last verse, the poet expresses the malicious hope that the host …
El Incendio de Saloniki: The Song of the Fire
… city where another Jewish school, the Alliance Israélite Universelle, once stood.” 2 Despite a strong resurgence of … second scale degree in the descent to tonic at the end of verse B, which in Saltiel’s version provides a flavor of …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… The “Tonus Lamentationum” is a psalmodic chant to which verses from the biblical Book of Lamentations are sung … At the end of the stanza, the indication reads: les autres versets de la même manière (the other stanzas in the same … our analysis pertains only to the melody of the regular verses, which is usually represented in the transcriptions …
Jewish Professional Musicians in Iraq and Israel, Revisited
… in the country for over two decades. They had not only traversed cultural worlds, but had also suffered a deep loss of …
In The Land Of The Pyramids: A Secular Take On Passover
… song for Passover beyond Levin’s text, stressing its diverse interpretations and its reception both in the …
Moshe Attias
… genres interlace with contemporary urban styles from diverse sources. This ambivalence can be actually seen in his … ethnic and cultural encounter from the 1990s, generated diverse and emotional reactions. Singer and composer Kobi Oz …