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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 … Mr. Reuven Yudelevitch [1862-1933], who used to play the violin in order to promote the new songs. The children of … in his Zion Album for voice and piano also for solo violin (Hebrew Publishing, New York, c. 1914-1917, see, …
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 … Shofet kol ha’aretz.” This is the earliest mention of the music of our poem, and obviously it indicates that in the … Ibrahim Da’ud], originally from Baghdad, and the famous violinist Felix Mizrahi, born and educated in Egypt but also …
El Incendio de Saloniki: The Song of the Fire
… with them as they migrated, including literary traditions, musical forms and the Judeo-Spanish language, Ladino. The Jewish musical life that developed in Saloniki consisted of these … with the addition of the backing of a full ensemble (oud, violin, lyre, qanun, frame drum) that echoes these melodies …
Moshe Attias
… The Jewish Music Research Centre announces with sadness the recent … one of the most distinguished and long-standing Moroccan musicians in Israel. This short note prepared by JMRC … music, but he would eventually switch to the kemanja (violin played upright in the North African style). Between …
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… seaboard. With me, I carry a treasure, a piece of lost musical history, or so I believe. Saved on my mobile phone … d u lab in maqam hijaz on G performed here on a qanun and a violin, followed by an opening section, traditionally known … ḥ iss ]” that it was the famous Sami al-Shawa, a Cairo-born violin player of Aleppian descent, who could be heard in “ …
Bore ‘ad ana – A Dirge for the Ninth of Av and its Geographical Distribution
… such as seli h ot . I have studied in great detail the musical setting of this poem in Sephardic communities, … among various communities, there seems to be an underlying musical structure tying together all the documented versions … immigration to Israel in 1951. While in Baghdad, he studied violin at the Alliance School, turning music into a …
Abraham Salman
… the Middle East. Blind from the age of two, he studied music as a child in Baghdad’s school for blind Jewish … in the 1920s and many of the students who showed musical talent were taught to become musicians in order to … Private recording by Esther Warkov in Salman’s home with violinist Simon Shaheen . Includes four samai-s and four …
Avraham Da‘ud (Avraham David Ha-Cohen)
… the instrument as a child. One of my brothers played the violin, the other played ‘ud. At the beginning, I started … I found myself with them.” See: Jewish Professional Musicians in Iraq and Israel, Revisited by Esther Warkov. …
Leó Weiner
… Leó Weiner was born in Budapest. He had his first music and piano lessons from his brother, and later studied at the Academy of Music in Budapest, studying with János (Hans) Koessler. … compositions are a string trio, three string quartets, two violin sonatas, five divertimenti for orchestra, a symphonic …
Armand Sabah
… Israel with his family at age ten. His father came from a musical family related to the renowned Moroccan singer and … in Israel, studying accordion, classical guitar, piano, and violin with private instructors, focusing primarily on … on flamenco music. In the early 1980s, Sabah performed as a violinist with the payytan R. Haim Louk at Jerusalem's …