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Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… Introduction Jewish cantillation—the intoned reading of Torah, Haftarah, and other Biblical … of sections, in all six modes. Cantor Elizabeth Sacks of Temple Emanuel, Denver, recorded the notated examples in … a relatively simple verse from Isaiah (40:27); this is the beginning of the Haftarah for the parashah (weekly Torah …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… to a barrage of factual and fictional information that, in the Internet Age, circulates virally in diverse variants, … that is sung today in all the Jewish communities. At the beginning, neither the song nor the melody [of Hatikvah ] … Relations , ed. Zvia Ginor. Hoboken, NJ: Ktav and Temple Israel of Great Neck, NY, 1999, pp. 167-185. See also …
Karaite Jews Musical Tradition
… Since the establishment of this community, the Karaites have … days of Alexander Jannaeus (c. 100 B.C.E) during the Second Temple period. [1] There is no precise information regarding … with the letter D. [6] An opening motif appears at the beginning of a musical phrase and usually coincides with the …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… transcription with its copy by Francis L. Cohen. … 742 … The piyyut Shofet kol ha’aretz (‘Judge of all earth’) is a … word “tamid” (a reference to the perpetual sacrifice in the Temple in Jerusalem) that corresponds to the last word of … (IMHM, PH 6651). Fragment 1 of this manuscript includes the beginning stanzas of Shofet kol ha’aretz. Another much more …
Hazzan (pl. Hazzanim)
… 1. In Temple and talmudic days, the hazzan was a general communal … out the torah scrolls for readings, and announcing the beginning and ending times for Shabbat and festivals. In …
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… was an Israeli researcher of Jewish music with emphasis on the study of Hassidic music traditions. He was also a public … Hebrew music from before the destruction [of the Jerusalem Temple], and from them we can assume with certainty about … Geshuri described himself in one of the letters) who at the beginning of the correspondence spoke as a humble follower, …
Gershon Sirota
… Gershon Sirota was born in 1874 in Podolia, where his father officiated as the village cantor. As a boy, Sirota … , the successor of Salomon Sulzer at the Seitenshteten Temple. Singer was greatly impressed by the young man’s … II. That same year, Sirota released his first recording, beginning what would be a long and successful career as a …
Nahum Heiman
… friend and writing partner says about his friend (in the opening of Heiman's song collection): 'The name Nahche … Asaf and Yedoton were the musicians of the first and second temple.' Nahum Heiman composed hundreds of songs. Many of … in Arad for three years. This is what Heiman told about the beginning of Arad's festival: I met Bayga Shohat (then the …