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Bore ‘ad ana – A Dirge for the Ninth of Av and its Geographical Distribution
… of spiritual reality in the late Sephardic piyyut ,' [In Hebrew], Exile and diaspora: studies in the history of the … and North African versions in the article entitled “Songs of Grief and Hope: Ancient Western-Sephardic Melodies … included in the Sound Archives is the subject of this Song of the Month. Performed by Mr. Nehemiah Hocha, it poses …
The Edith Gerson-Kiwi Legacy
… There he founded the Archive for Oriental Music at the Hebrew University. Edith Gerson-Kiwi joined him, working as … recorded items (each one comprising several units, such as songs and dialogues), which, although already digitized and … Gadya Kedusha Four Melodies for Four Questions Yiddish Folksong (The Music of the Yiddish Folksong) The recordings …
The Fall of Jerusalem in Song: The Ashkenazi Melody She’eh ne’esar
… Hacohen, NLI, Yc 197 … 714 … In his pioneer publication Hebrew Hymn Melodies : The Rise and development of a Musical … structure [that] gives it the stamp of the common European song.” Melody emerges in this case from the poetic form and … some reservations. For example, what is “a common European song” is highly conjectural. However, a critique of …
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… mobile phone is the copy of a 78rpm record of a pizmon , a Hebrew para-liturgical hymn called “ Yom Yom Odeh ” (Every … and poetic texts with melodies from pre-existing popular songs, a practice with roots in the sixteenth century that … sign, the gazelle, and the name of the singer and the song written in Arabic, Hebrew and English. Courtesy of the …
The “Jewish Baroque”: The Allure of a Modern Musical Affair
… . Birnbaum introduces in it the score of Kol haneshamah , a Hebrew piece by composer Cristiano Giuseppe Lidarti … arranged as a mini-cantata. We titled this cantata “Song for the Inauguration of the Portuguese Synagogue” … to include here the score of Dr. Schab’s setting of the “Song for the Inauguration of the Synagogue” as well as the …
Nuestro Señor Eloheinu/Las tablas de la Ley: A Song for Shavuot
… Our song of the month concerns a Sephardic song commonly sung on the Passover and Shavuot holidays, … Istanbul. Here we encounter our song as a piyyut , with a Hebrew text, titled “Adonay hu elohenu” (The Lord is our …
Yonatan Turgeman
… PhD candidate in the Hebrew University Musicology Department, a fellow of the PhD … musician ('Avodot Afar'). His dissertation, 'The Science of Song in 'Pre-Academic' Israeli Musicology and the Problem of … to issues of scientific approaches to the phenomenon of song as well as the interplay between creative musical …
Moshe Attias
… that as a token of gratitude, Ben Haroush left him his songbooks, which had also been handed down to him. The songbooks would prove to be the source from which Mwijo drew … very remarkable feature demonstrates his resistance to the Hebrew-centered ethos of the Zionist movement and the …
In The Land Of The Pyramids: A Secular Take On Passover
… Studying songs for Passover offers us a rich field of inquiry into … of old. Browsing through my private collection of Jewish songsters in search for new songs for Passover for my online … both in the Yiddish-speaking world as well as in the modern Hebrew song repertoire in the Land of Israel. I am grateful …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… with the Binding of Isaac, which was sung to texts in both Hebrew and Yiddish. Many of these texts touch directly upon … of the Binding of Isaac and was also used for additional songs in Hebrew and Yiddish, the content of which relates to … indication “ Be-niggun ‘Akedah ” appears, however, before songs which are not ‘Akedah piyyutim , but should yet be …