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The Western Sephardi Liturgical Tradition as Sung by Abraham Lopes Cardoso

'Et sha'are ratzon

… These are the first and last strophes of one of the most remarkable medieval Hebrew poems based on Midrashic themes that …

Lekh le-shalom geshem

… for Dew), a prayer recited on the first day of Passover to mark the passing from the winter to the summer season. This …

… The qinnot (dirges) for the Ninth of Av, the Hebrew date marking the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem, are one … the day that represents Jewish liberation against the day marking the national defeat. Almost the same melody is sung …

A Recovered Voice from the Past

… wide attention. Yet important details regarding his remarkable and stormy life are still lacking or not fully … and left Eretz Israel for good on October 5, 1925, embarking with his wife and two younger daughters, Dinah and … the events one must single out the anecdote about the sparking moment of inspiration of the opera Yiftah and the …

Idelsohn’s trilingual autobiography and Yiska Idelsohn’s oral memoire

… appear in the order of their recording. Therefore, we have marked their position in the original sequence with bracketed … these exist for all of the communities, these are the sparks of the National Soul –– the original Hebrew Music. All …

Mapping of German Liturgical Music

… by Noam Peleg and Edwin Seroussi . … Sources and remarks … Ashkenazi liturgical music … German music … Jewish …

James Levy

… Many years later, around the age of sixty-five, James embarked on the wonderful project of reviving this music. In an …

The liturgical music of the Portuguese Jews

The Spanish-Portuguese Jewish Liturgy

… in Western Europe and the Americas contributed to the remarkable, stability of their liturgical music. In addition … and analyzed for the first time in its entirety by Essica Marks. Her work includes copious transcriptions based on …