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Melody and Poetry in the “Kuzari” (Hebrew)
… between melody and textual metre in two kinds of vocal music. The precise meaning of this passage has long been … the highest and the most useful.' … 23135 … Melody … Text-music relations … Texts … Meter … Yehuda Halevy … Hebrew …
The Influence of Choral Elements on the Formation and Development of the Piyyût Genres (Hebrew)
… ' … In the Talmudic period the vocal participation of the congregation in the prayers was … reflected by the piyyûtim created there. … Choirs, Choral music … Choral, Choral music … Choirs, Choral … 9836 … Piyyut … Piyyutim … Hymns … …
Plurivocality in the Liturgical Music of the Jews of San‘a (Yemen)
… Musicologists today agree that the traditional music of the … the traditional musical styles of the Yemenite Jews. Plurivocality, the simultaneous occurrence of different musical events in vocal performances, is one of the most salient …
Vocal Folk-Polyphonies of the Western Orient in Jewish Tradition
… we encounter the fateful question if this kind of music making is at all in the nature of man, and therefore … with present day standards of music research. … 9480 … Vocal … Vocal music … Polyphony … Folk music … Instruments … …
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 … singer but rather as an institutionally trained Greek vocal artist that experiments with a wide range of vocal styles. The liner notes to this album reference the …
The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… and its documentation are therefore formidable. However, musical renditions of the piyyut are rather rare and will be … that Kikhlot yeini has survived in two apparently unrelated musical strands which we have labeled “Zionist” and “Jewish” … a rather amusing middle section without text, either a vocalese or an instrumental passage. We publish here both …
Avi Bar-Eitan
… researcher, and lecturer. He received his Ph.D. in musicology at the Hebrew University, and his M.A. and M.Mus … from the Hebrew University and the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. Dr. Bar-Eitan’s doctoral work dealt with … individual identities; the concept of steyger and maqam in vocal and instrumental music of Ashkenaz and Sepharad; …
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 … preceded by melismas and by breathing pauses. The plurivocal response of the congregation is quintessentially …
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 …
A Gneyve - A Yiddish Song of Theft and Poverty
… begins with the introductory “khapt im, nempt im” line. The music to this opening section is more dense than in the rest … of the song is identical to Kremer’s and that Oy Division vocalist Noam Inbar, along with guest singer Avishay Fish, adopt vocal inflections similar to Kremer’s. Differences between …