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8. Kadavumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song
… place in the world—Kochi is the one! The most respected Jews are from Kadavumbhagam. All of Kadavumbhagam united as … paḷḷi like a pearl! Among the four sides, they chose the western one To build the holy heikhal—so greatly desired As … practice. Following construction of the Torah ark on the western wall (closest to Jerusalem, as in all the Kerala …
A Flowering Debate: A Judeo-Spanish Song (not just) for Tu BiShvat
… celebrations of this holyday among Sephardic and Oriental Jews with a festive meal similar to the Passover seder … should not be taken as a definitive one. The striking Western Algerian Arabic parallels of El debate de las flores …
Tish-nigunim Ascribed to Yosl Tolner and the Aesthetics of the Genre
… in music: While a significant portion of Polish and western Galician nigunim tended to an openness to the western European musical fashions and accumulated chordal … to the study of the cultural history of eastern-European Jews (ibid., 82–110). The tish-nigunim as a phenomenon …
Yossef (Yusuf) Zaarur
… a family of ten children. As with most Baghdadi Jews, Zaarur attended synagogue services and traditional … reinforces the late re-memorialization of the vital role Jews played in shaping the modern Iraqi musical culture. Not … During his career in Israel, Zaarur also met with renowned Western classical musicians, among them Leonard Bernstein …
A cantor’s pledge in the High Holyday’s Provençal liturgy (Minhag Carpentras)
… set of such verses included in the liturgical order of the Jews of Provençe, the subject of this Song of the Month, … in all their variants. Although aligned mostly with the Western Sephardic tradition, it contains unique texts such … reveals, indeed shows a certain allegiance to the Western Sephardic traditions, especially those from Livorno. …
The Music on Comtat-Venaissin
… there were cases of Gauls becoming Jewish converts. These Jews remained in Provence and together with later comers, … below by Milhaud) shows some musical connections with the Western Sephardic (aka Spanish-Portuguese) liturgy such as those of south-western France (Bayonne, Bordeaux). However, this volume …
Linked by Melody: Gibraltar/Moroccan Songs for Passover (and Shavuoth)
… belongs to a cycle of several romance/coplas widespread in Western Mediterranean traditions, and most especially north … Sabbath zemirot that are more characteristic of Ashkenazi Jews. A more detailed inquiry into these texts reveals an …
Sephardi Melodies, Music of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews
… the biography of Hazzan Abraham Beniso . … Sephardim … Western Sephardi tradition … Spanish-Portuguese … Gibraltar … London … Western Sephardic … Sephardi Melodies, Music of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews …
Qinot Performed by Hazzan Abraham Beniso
… Peninsula, just two centuries after the expulsion of Jews from Spain and Portugal. This distinctive community … thrived, acting as a bridge between the traditions of Western Europe and those of North Africa. In a recent study … of Hazzan Abraham Beniso . … Avraham Beniso … Sephardim … Western Sephardi tradition … Spanish-Portuguese … Gibraltar …
Abraham Beniso
… London where he lived for thirteen years all. He studied at Jews College of the University of London obtaining a … … Avraham Beniso … 9415 … Hazzanim - Cantors … Sephardim … Western Sephardi tradition … Gibraltar … Spanish-Portuguese … Judeo-Spanish … London … Western Sephardic … Abraham Beniso … Abraham Beniso … אדוין …