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El Incendio de Saloniki: The Song of the Fire
… in Saloniki at the time. The fire left tens of thousands of Jews homeless and consumed most of the Jewish neighborhood … as a major hub of Jewish cultural activity. Though some Jews had lived in Thessaloniki (the current Greek name of … melodies of the other versions, in contrast, remain in a Western minor modality. The above sound examples provide …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… [1] It has been retold by generation after generation of Jews in various vernacular languages, in both oral and … Issac in various ways. Ashkenazi Jews did not employ Western notation until the late eighteenth century and … of Jews within the Ashkenazi realm became proficient in Western music notation, enabling them to record Jewish …
Moshe Attias
… he had towards the way the State of Israel treated Moroccan Jews (see more below), he remained a local patriot. A … in opposition to his later signature appearance with a Western suit (or at times, a Moroccan djellaba ) with a … as grievances against the state’s approach to all Moroccan Jews since their massive immigration. Deri is portrayed, as …
Nuestro Señor Eloheinu/Las tablas de la Ley: A Song for Shavuot
… its history of Hebrew printing presses and trade; and the Western port city of Livorno, which by the late 17th century … “ Ballads, wedding songs, and piyyutim of the Sephardic Jews of Tetuan and Morocco ,” Track 09, Folkways Records, …
The “Jewish Baroque”: The Allure of a Modern Musical Affair
… rather unique (from the Jewish perspective of the period) Western musical taste of the small but affluent Sephardic … Jewish music in Europe which would resonate with mainstream Western music history, Adler toured post-war Europe in a … texts “elevates” Jewish musical culture, and introduced the Jews to the mainstream European art music narrative even …
The Fall of Jerusalem in Song: The Ashkenazi Melody She’eh ne’esar
… his A Voice Still Heard: The Sacred Song of the Ashkenazic Jews (University Park and London, 1976, pp. 100-101) … Hamnazeah , 1898, no. 66 Avenary mentioned that the “Western” melody, i.e. Sulzer’s, is similar to German folk … Let’s note here that Idelsohn’s comparative approach of Western Ashkenazi metric melodies such as “She’eh ne’esar” …
The Edith Gerson-Kiwi Legacy
… association reoriented her research focus from the canon of Western art music to non-Western music, most particularly, the music of religious and … vividly transpires in her encounters with Middle Eastern Jews eternalized in her voluminous recordings. Edith …
Bore ‘ad ana – A Dirge for the Ninth of Av and its Geographical Distribution
… in the article entitled “Songs of Grief and Hope: Ancient Western-Sephardic Melodies of Qinot for the Ninth of Av.” … maqam-oriented school of the Ades Synagogue of the Aleppan Jews. For many years, Nehemiah was cantor and preacher at … While the Salonika version is slightly more akin to the Western Sephardi versions, whose trademark is the refrain …
Purim Lanu, Pesah a la Mano: Celebrating Flory Jagoda (1923-2021)
… no’am,” which contributed to the early dissemination in Western Sephardic and North African Jewish communities of … in “Imrei no’am,” recounts the injunction imposed on the Jews of Persia and their salvation by Esther and Mordecai, … Rosa Zaragoza recorded the song as “traditional among the Jews of Turkey. ' From the marketing strategy of the song by …
Moshe Cordova
… Europeans) since at least the late 1910s. It was founded by Jews of Italian origin who had broken away from the main … di Constantinopoli (Community of Foreign Jews of the Spanish-Portuguese Rite of Istanbul). Their … for this purpose and transcribed some of his pieces in Western musical notation. Elnadav carried Cordova’s legacy …