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Baqqashah (Pl. Baqqashot)
… The Baqqashot (petition) is a religious practice maintained by several Jewish communities. It consists of gatherings that occur early on Sabbath morning, from 2-3 a.m. … of Aleppo to Palestine, among them some of the outstanding cantors and payytanim of that community. The Aleppo …
Anthology of Hassidic Music
… A scholarly publication of the unedited collection of Hassidic music by the renowned composer, collector and researcher of Hassidic … and festivals, niggunim, traditional chanting formulae and cantorial pieces, all of Hassidic origin, and choral …

The Cantorial Fantasia of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: A Late Manifestation of the Musical Trope
… Western Ashkenazi cantors have developed a new soloist style of liturgically … melodies by inserting new and prolongued pieces into the traditional motivic structure. The 'Fantasia' pieces found in manuscripts and printed …

Is Popular Culture Defining Synagogue Music
… As Reform synagogues across the nation reshape their musical styles, debate continues over whether or not the changes are positive. Interviewees include Cantor Jeff Klepper (Beth Emet Synagogue in Evanston, IL) …

Lower Extension of the Minor Scale in Ashkenazi Prayer Music
… … 3 … Indiana Theory Review … Indiana Theory Review … 38679 … 153-183 … Bloomington, IN … Indiana … … … Hazzan, Hazan, Chazzan, Hazzanut, Hazzanim, Hazzanim – Cantors, Cantors – Hazzanim, Cantors … Ashkenazi people … …

Observations on Practices of Nusach in America
… The move from 'Old-World' Europe to modern and late-modern America, so far as the traditional discipline of nusach is concerned, marked … of simplification, the materials used for the training of cantors, changes in the function of metrical tunes and in …

Tonality and Motivic Interrelationships in the Performance Practice of Nusach
… The article presents several case studies in which the application of concepts and tools of music theory and … Hazan, Chazzan, Chazzanut, Hazzanut, Hazzanim, Hazzanim – Cantors, Cantors … Hazzanut,Hazzanim – Cantors,Cantors – …

Voices in the sanctuary: Musical Practices of the American Synagogue
… The system that defines the musical and liturgical practices of the Ashkenazi … doing away with some responsorials, replacing some of the cantor’s part with congregational singing, simplification and uniformity, the influence of the cantorial schools and the youth programs, Hassidic …

Hebrew Notated Manuscript Sources up to Circa 1840: A Descriptive and Thematic Catalogue with a Checklist of Printed Sources
… of all musical notations of JM (mostly liturgical) from the Genizah fragments (13 th century) to 1840, a date in … to appear in growing numbers. Extensive indices allow for the easy retrieval of information including melodies. … 1 … … … Hazzan, Hazan, Chazzan, Chazzanut, Hazzanim, Hazzanim – Cantors, Cantors – Hazzanim, Cantors … 1989 … Jewish … Music …

Current Trends of Liturgical Music in the Ashkenazi Synagogue
… … … Hazzan, Hazan, Chazzan, Chazzanut, Hazzanim, Hazzanim – Cantors, Cantors – Hazzanim, Cantors … Hazzan, Hazan, Chazzan, … … Eliyahu Schleifer … Current Trends of Liturgical Music in the Ashkenazi Synagogue …