… pp. 38-39, titled “Shir ha-mayim”) without the melody. It is attributed to Ibn Gabirol and prefaced with the following note: “sing it with the known melody.” What could that melody be? A viable answer can be found in the most …

… nor is it always sung with the same stanzas or melody. In some contexts it may be referred to as a piyyut , … the discretion of the cantor. The liturgical function and melody of the majority of the songs within Seder zemanim are … from Mount Sinai) is designated to be sung “to the melody of Nuestro Señor.” The title also indicates that the …

… to sing the piyyut  Sha'ar Asher Nisgar  in a Sephardic melody and a Yemenite accent. It made me laugh, and I asked …

Else Lasker-Schüler was a German-Jewish poet and playwright famous for her bohemian …

Amzallag was born in Casablanca, Morocco and in 1952 immigrated to Israel alone as part…

… itself consists of six rhymed couplets set to a similar melody, ending with the refrain ki-moshe (like Moses). Based … without a musical staff), which made transcription of the melody particularly challenging. Part of the fragment (line …

… entrance to the shtetl was a grand affair. The first melody ‘dobridz’in’ they played [as they walked] at the …

… the prominent color of the augmented second colors the melody in distinguished oriental style. See the archival …

… song's author is not mentioned neither is a notation of the melody provided. This is a slightly expanded version of the … water from a crystal-clear creek. It is not clear if the melody was even known to the editors when the song was added … Cohen learned her version of Para Para in the 1920s. The melody consists of three melodic phrases in triple meter, in …

… of liturgical prayer melodies. Many synagogues use the melody to sing the piyut, 'Lecha Dodi' during the 'Kabalat …