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Barbara C. Johnson
… Barbara C. Johnson is an anthropologist and formerly served as coordinator … research on the oral song traditions of Cochin Jewish women. Her forthcoming book on Kerala Jewish women’s culture … transcriptions, and analyses of their Malayalam-language songs. Her publications include Ruby of Cochin: An Indian …
61. Lord from the Beginning
… Rahel Nehemia, Toba Sofer, and others. Recorded by Avigdor Herzog, Moshav Taoz, … Tambiran. This is the older of two Malayalam devotional songs that are versions of the rhymed Hebrew liturgical hymn … in the 1981 Hanukkah video recording by Kadavumbhagam-Kochi women in Moshav Taoz. It was the first song they sang in …
58. Ahashverosh Song
… The introduction to songs 54-55 is available here . Sarah Cohen, Rachel … was not accepted, not by Mordecai. In protest many people—women and children too— Lay flat on the ground in prayer …
53. Moshe and the Promised Land (Song of the Thirteen Sifrei Torah)
… 53a. Sarah Cohen, Simcha Salem, Rachel Hallegua. Recorded by … Joseph Hai. Kochi, January 9, 1977; III-23. 53c. Kerala women. Recorded by ethnomusicology students from Bar-Ilan … Splendid Singing Birds: Biblical narratives … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Barbara C. …
43. The Song of Mother Sarah
… 43a. Rahel Nehemiah, Toba Sofer and others. Recorded by Avigdor Herzog, Moshav Taoz, … and be blessed. The Song of Mother Sarah is found in women’s notebooks from Kadavumbhagam-Kochi, Ernakulam, and … Splendid Singing Birds: Biblical narratives … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … Avigdor …
41. The Ten Songs of King Solomon
… 41a. Nirit Singers (entire group) on their CD, track 1, 2008; III-1. 41b. Kadavumbhagam-Kochi women, Moshav Taoz, 1981. Śelomo melehu pāḍiya pāṭṭu, … pāṭṭukaḷ pāttil, stutipěṭṭa pāṭṭu itŏnnu 1. Of the ten songs sung by Shelomo Melehu, [1] this is most worthy of …
38. Song About Love
… Sarah Cohen. Recorded by Barbara Johnson, Kochi, January … may the Holy House be built. (x2) There we must go, and songs must be heard. (x2) 11. Be blessed, be blessed, be … comment on spiritual love between the soul and God—several women singers view it in more secular terms, making it …
37. Gorgeous Black-Haired Woman
… Hannah (Dolly) Japheth. Recorded by Barbara Johnson, Neot Mordekhai, March 10, 1981; II-28. Ěnna manasākkiya … made of ground rice flour. The piyyut is one of many Hebrew songs designated to be sung for processions with the Torah … 1981 by Ruby Daniel’s aunt, Dolly Japheth. It is found in women’s notebooks from Parur, Ernakulam, and Kochi …
31. The Bridegroom Dressed in Gold
… Rahel Kala, Venus Lane, Hannah Yitzhak, Simcha Yosef. Recorded at NSA … by his side? Nalla! Traditionally performed at a Jewish women's party the night before a wedding (Daniel and Johnson … and themes shared between Jewish and Knanaya Christian songs are pointed out elsewhere in this book (songs 2 , 17 , …
28. The Gold-Clad Bride
… Miriam Daniel, Rahel Nehemia, Toba Sofer, Simcha Yosef. Recorded by Avigdor Herzog, Moshav … down; Let us bow down in our Jutapaḷḷi. This is one of many songs traditionally sung the night before a wedding, at a women’s party, where the bride is adorned in her wedding …