… musics. Zaarur was also a prolific composer. He composed songs in diverse genres including the Egyptian taqtuqa ; … His Master’s Voice in 1936, attained the status of an Iraqi folksong. His compositions contributed to the promotion of … studio ensembles  that specialized in Iraqi maqam and rural folk music respectively; Kurdish music (directed by Jamil …

… Zoltán Kodály, a staunch advocate of the integration of folk music into the national music of his people. Avigdor’s … the Ashkenazi repertoire of zemiroth Shabbat (Sabbath table songs; for an example see here ), which he recorded and …

… of the Binding of Isaac and was also used for additional songs in Hebrew and Yiddish, the content of which relates to … the same melody. The melody itself presents a mixture of a folk tune and a psalmodic chant. It is simple, easily … of Ashkenazic Hazanim .” In Studies in Biblical and Jewish Folklore . Ed. Raphael Patai et al . Indiana University …

… and North African versions in the article entitled  “Songs of Grief and Hope: Ancient Western-Sephardic Melodies … fast days in the Jewish liturgical calendar, spiced with folk tales related to these events. When the section in the …

… This popular Saturday afternoon dance movement produced new folk songs and dances.” EncyJud 1971, p. 1267 .  “The … .” Feldman 1994, pp. 7-8 .  “Hora. Popular Israeli folk dance originating in the Balkans and taking root in the …

… love the synagogal modes and “Zemiroth” as well as Jewish Folk-Songs.  At home I received an orthodox education and … are of interest to the scholars. 2) The Jewish song is a folk-art, created by the people.  It has no art-song, and no …

… the cantor’s supplications as the prayer of Hannah and the songs of Miriam and Devorah. The melody is written in the … Hazzanut with inlays of cantorial motifs and quotes from folk melodies to underline salient words and phrases of the …

… the Baqqashot to this very day; his book, Zemirot Yisra’el (Songs of Israel) was published in three editions: Safed … of the Sephardi Jews of Spain (tunes of Judeo-Spanish songs) and of the peoples of the region: Arabic, Turkish, … of the Morrocan Baqqashot melodies are modern 20th century folk melodies from Egypt and other Middle-Eastern countries, …