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Lamenations
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Lekha Dodi
Lit. ‘Come my friend.’ Lekha Dodi is the hymn which welcomes in Shabbat in the Kabbalat…
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Maqam
Arabic term often translated as ‘mode’, ‘scale’, or ‘melody.’
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Tin Pan Alley
Nickname for the popular songwriting and sheet-music publishing industry centred in New…
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Badhan
Hebrew lit. entertainer. A merrymaker, rhymester, and musician who entertains primarily…
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Klezmer (pl. Klezmorim)
Eastern-European Jewish folk musician, generally instrumentalist. Also used as modifier…
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Meshoyrer
Pl. Meshoyrerim. Apprentice to the Hazzan, or Synagogue choirboy.
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Zakef Gadol
Masoretic accent, meaning 'major raising' or 'full upright', placed above words in the…
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Zakef Katan
Masoretic accent, meaning 'minor raising' or 'lesser upright', placed above words in the…
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Zarka
Masoretic accent, meaning 'scatterer' used in the cantillation of the Bible and possibly…