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Sounds from under the Ashes: The Music of Cults and Mysteries in the Ancient Vesuvian Land
… 23471 … Roman … Vesuvius … Mount Vesuvius … Ancient music … Ancient Musical Practices … Cultural heritage … Mediterranean culture … …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… century and relied instead on oral transmission of their musical traditions. [15] The only implicit written records … between communities. We know that medieval Ashkenazi prayer practices were of a strong oral character: the individual … conventions. The transcribers’ desire to imbue the ancient Jewish melody with contemporary decorum led them to …
Bore ‘ad ana – A Dirge for the Ninth of Av and its Geographical Distribution
… such as seli h ot . I have studied in great detail the musical setting of this poem in Sephardic communities, … versions in the article entitled “Songs of Grief and Hope: Ancient Western-Sephardic Melodies of Qinot for the Ninth of … fascinating detailed account by Hocha of all musical practices related to the fast days in the Jewish liturgical …
Songs of Palestinian Jews from the Collection of Isaac Lurie (1913)
… the earliest surviving specimens of Middle Eastern Jewish musical traditions. By nature of the technological … of these fragments. Lurie’s recordings reflect musical practices of Jews from the Ottoman provinces of Greater … musical traditions considered to have preserved traces of ancient Jewish practices. Thus, the bulk of the present …
El Jiwneh Hagalil (Lied der galilaischen Arbeiter) – God will Build the Galilee (Galilee Worker’s Song)
… An ancient piyut [liturgical song] transformed into a Zionist … variations of the lyrics, arrangements and performance-practices reshaped its meanings and contexts of performance … content of his album. El jiwneh Hagalil answered both the musical and pedagogical requirements of this album. …
‘Le-El ‘Olam’ by Mordecai Dato: In search of a melody for an ancient Italian Hebrew poem
… addition to ‘Lekhah Dodi.’ Even more important for the main musical argument of this Song of the Month (see below), the … and explains that he too, in order to introduce this “ancient time-hallowed custom” to his Italian coreligionists, … … [7] On these variants and on the diverse kabbalistic practices related to Qabbalat Shabbat and Mordecai Dato’s …