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Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… – On to Our Land.” Binder indicates that this is a Yemenite melody and gives no attribution for the text. In … or lyricists, though two of the melodies are indicated as “Yemenite” in origin and one is called “Arabian Love Song.” … of the songs in Binder’s book, would sound familiar to most Jews with a religious background but would be meaningful to …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… also, since at least the early eighteenth century, in the Yemenite rite during the morning services of all the Aseret … of Repentance). While its prominence in the Sephardic and Yemenite rites is maintained to this day through its … period, apparently predating its use among Sephardic Jews. Manuscript 85 of the Archivio Storico Comunale of …
The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… where it is variously attributed to Sephardic or even Yemenite origins, as we shall see. Kikhlot yeini text, … for the legendary label Folkways (Track 12 on the long-play Yemenite and Other Folk Songs , Folkways Records, FW 8735). … below, attesting that it was known among the Baghdadi Jews until the last generation of immigrants to Israel in …
The Hallelôt in the Yemenite Dīwān (Hebrew)
… and sirot , the hallel ô t take up little space in the Yemenite diwan . There are further differences: the hallel … sense of one unified blessing. … 9436 … Hallelot … Yemen … Yemenite … Yemenite Jews … Yemenite community … Diwan … The Hallelôt in the …
Yemenite Qasīd Songs (Hebrew)
… well, could understand them. Those who copied the Yemenite diwans did not attach much importance to the … contemporary stories, like tales of the social life of the Jews and of the Moslems, animal stories, and anecdotes about … studying twenty qasid songs which he has collected from Yemenite diwans , making a detailed survey of their …
The Music and its Function in the Singing of the Qasīd anda birabbī dī kalaq (Hebrew)
… The Jewish Yemenite collection of poems - the Diwan - includes three … in Y. Ratshabi's article in this volume. … 23258 … Yemen … Yemenite … Yemenite Jews … Yemenite community … Poems … Singing … Diwan … The …
Plurivocality in the Liturgical Music of the Jews of San‘a (Yemen)
… Musicologists today agree that the traditional music of the Yemenite Jews has unique stylistic characteristics. These … of certain specific musical elements common to all the Yemenite Jews. The search for these musical elements has …
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 … Isaac has constituted a common motif in works of art among Jews throughout the ages (Sabar 2009, 9–27). In Jewish … confessional prayers of various communities, such as the Yemenite, Persian and Babylonian Jews. It should be added, …
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) … included in the Tikhkal , the general prayer book of the Yemenites Jews. In the course of time the text of “She’eh ne’esar” …
Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
… from minority communities which inhabited Latvia, namely, Jews, Roma, Russians, Germans, Lithuanians, Poles, … ethnography in Eastern Europe, and of the cultural life of Jews in Latvia, with emphasis on their musical ecosystem. … songs about Jewish cowboys (Gottlieb 2004, 64). Also Yemenite-Ashkenazi intermarriages in Israel during the 1930s …