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Karev Yom
… The interview was held at the initiative of the Israeli music connoisseur and collector Dudi Patimer. Speaking live … and movie actor, entertainer, and folk song revivalist. Music reviewers stresses his Yiddish or international … of the founding actors, as well as of the incipient Israeli music scene. Bikel’s death was marked in Israel by reserved …
Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
… a forgotten source from the collection of the Latvian musician Emilis Melngailis (1874–1954), a devoted collector … A lengthy introduction provides ample historical and musical contexts. Karnes did not spare any effort in trying … Melngailis documented in extant publications of Jewish music, especially in anthologies of Yiddish songs, the most …
A cantor’s pledge in the High Holyday’s Provençal liturgy (Minhag Carpentras)
… unique texts such as the selection of Psalm verses whose music is discussed below. The memory of the melodies and … remaining leaders of this unique community to preserve in music notation whatever was left from the liturgical … attempted to faithfully convey the oral tradition in music notation without letting their personal biases or …
Yaakov Huri
… relations dominating the encounters between European ethnomusicologists and their subjects of inquiry in Israel. Our … (from 1952 onwards) sought in Israel for a place where the musical tradition of their ancestors as they knew it was … units within each ‘eda, and therefore discards local musical lore in favor of a generic repertoire related to …
Qad Zawajunī - Here I Was Wed
… men's songs (including liturgical and para-liturgical music). The repertoire also deals with themes that reflect … life, as well as material and corporeal subjects. [1] The music in these songs reflects the feelings and state of the … two stanzas) with each line consisting of two hemistiches. Musically, each textual line is accompanied by a melodic …
Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim
… the words ' Yishar koa h .' The Simple Reading The musical capabilities of the priests are very diverse and … on the priest. Some of the priests have received no musical training. In fact, many were not even trained to … common Ashkenazi custom as it was documented in many of the musical sources of the 19 th century, was to use a short …
סיור סליחות מבוזר: תיווכו של הפיוט "אדון הסליחות" מבתי הכנסת הספרדיים אל המוזיקה הפופולרית בישראל
… Spain to the Four Corners of the Earth." Inter-American Music Review 17 (1-2): 77-90. Barnea, Ezra. 1996. "The … Hatefillah as Dominant in Our Era." J ournal of Jewish Music and Liturgy 19: 19-30. Bar-Tal, Daniel, and Dikla … HaCohen, Ruth. 2012. The Music Libel against the Jews: Vocal Fictions of Noise and Harmony . New Haven: Yale …

Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… and below each word. However, the chant also has clear musical features, with a variety of scales, motives, … In the present paper, I will provide a new perspective on musical features of Jewish cantillation in the Eastern … may listen for and assess effects of timing, dynamics, and vocal quality in the reading of individuals as they present …