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Lekha dodi
… a ritual developed by the kabbalists of Safed in the sixteenth century, is one of the most musically rich … probably stemming from the choral arrangement, is the extension of the end of each musical phrase by melodic …
Bulbe (Volkslied) – “Potato” (Folksong)
… tunes elaborate around these axis: doubts in the human existence, arbitrariness and compulsion in our lives, the … Outstanding is the chromatic two hands descending sixteen notes swirl, underlining the song’s climax in forte …
Nahôn libbo is hujire – Whole-heartedly is the fearful believer
… that appears to subvert this deep faith by raising an existential question that has no answer. This eternal enigma is … as in Idelsohn’s source, apart from small additions: sixteen note rest (bar 1), tied notes (bars 3-4, 7-8), dynamics, ritenutos , and caesura indications. The accompaniment is an …
El Jiwneh Hagalil (Lied der galilaischen Arbeiter) – God will Build the Galilee (Galilee Worker’s Song)
… arguably time of composition in the Kabbalists’ circles of sixteenth-century Safed. Through wide-spread popular and … tune and attribution appeared in Stutschewsky’s table of content of his album. El jiwneh Hagalil answered both the … metronome marking of quarter = 100, Saminsky’s maestoso, sostenuto indication and f dynamic emphasized a grand, …
“Der Rebe geht schon tanzen” (chassidisch) – The Rabbi is about to Dance (Hasidic)
… dance with its short eighth-note chords and the persistent ostinato of an octave on the tonic A in the left hand. … IV (D) on bars 5 and 15. The doubling of the melody’s sixteen notes in bars 9, 19, 20 stands out. Here, too, from …
“Unter dem kinds Wiegele” – Beneath the Baby’s Cradle
… lies the moment for a gentle song, to which toddlers listen attentively, cuddling within its soothing cover. In a soft … and dissonant descending and ascending fifths, tritons, sixths and sevenths. The persistent accompaniment imitates …
Songs of Palestinian Jews from the Collection of Isaac Lurie (1913)
… at the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine includes sixty-seven phono-cylinders with biblical cantillation, prayers and piyyutim (songs of religious content) for Sabbaths, Holydays and life cycle events recorded … of the Ukrainian sound archive in Kyiv has attracted less attention in comparison with the bulk of the impressive …
Armand Sabah
… Morocco, and immigrated to Israel with his family at age ten. His father came from a musical family related to the … evident through the constant presence of music and the extensive collection of records his father acquired. From a … was exposed to various genres of Moroccan music. At age six, after persistent requests, his father gifted him a …
Jeff Klepper
… chapter 4, 'Bob Dylan', in: Kaufman, David. Jewhooing the sixties American celebrity & Jewish identity : Sandy Koufax, … the composing process of the song “Yesh Kochavim” written by Hanna Sennesh. An Interview with Jeff Klepper by …
Abraham Salman
… by Salman (maqam bayat and siga, recorded 1970) Then follow six taqasim on the qanun: nakriz (1970), hijaz kar (1964), … of the same day, page 7). A fine example of the persistent Oriental stream in Israel art music, this piece …