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A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… the variants. Each phrase is composed of two motifs which subdivide the long poetic verse of thirteen or more … characteristics that unite all the variants of the three sub-types of the “common” melody into one type. He also points out the features that separate these three sub-types. Avenary shows the pentatonic foundations of the …
Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… mode it seems almost happenstance—the shift is more subtle since E ( 3 ) remains present as a focal pitch. … the final note as the tonic, but he also observes that subsidiary cadences “simulate a minor tonality structured on … permanently open … it is dynamic and ongoing … it is subject only to provisional closure' (2004, 270). …
David Berger
… in Manhattan Beach, CA from 2009 -2014. Originally from the suburbs of Chicago, Cantor Berger received a BA in Religious …
Haint Iz Purim, Brider, Part II
… song that we were able to excavate from the archives is the subject of this second (and probably not last) chapter on …
Qad Zawajunī - Here I Was Wed
… that reflect daily life, as well as material and corporeal subjects. [1] The music in these songs reflects the … where women could freely express themselves on a number of subjects. These themes include the difficulties of … song is presented indirectly and somewhat humorously, by subverting the gendered roles that are traditionally …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… a rather dense, one-hundred year old literature on the subject. This quest produced speculative theories that are … presented as “up-to-date, revolutionary research” on the subject and delivered in live performances to the … . Baltsan’s text not only fails to acknowledge many earlier substantial studies on the subject but, in spite of a short …
Karev Yom
… be) written about Bikel. Most obituaries stressed, with a substantial measure of justification, his cosmopolitan … from the early 1940s. The “Israeli” Theodore Bikel must be subjected to a much more detailed analysis than what this … Haggadah printed in Tel Aviv by Jacob Smilansky contains a substantial musical appendix prepared by the composer …
Ehad mi Yodea - Its sources, variations, and parodies
… the Passover haggadah . This article, following the extant substantial scholarship on this subject, will focus on the history of this song within the … non-Ashkenazi versions, on the other hand, were much more subject to change in their lyrical content. The …
Music
… to historical and geographical criteria. It also includes a substantial bibliography and discography on the subject. The same encyclopedia, available in a restricted … entries on musicians. This text is available online via subscription ( …
Sirba
… form, the music of the Moldavian bulgareasca is a sub-species of sirba; Stoinav groups his bulgareascas with …