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The Influence of Choral Elements on the Formation and Development of the Piyyût Genres (Hebrew)
… ' … In the Talmudic period the vocal participation of the congregation in the prayers was minimal. … efforts of the authorities to have the congregation participate in the service and to reduce the exclusive and … reflected by the piyyûtim created there. … Choirs, Choral music … Choral, Choral music … Choirs, Choral … 9836 … …
A Jewish Sufi on the Influence of Music
… authors during the mediaeval period on the subject of music, a fair deal of information concerning attitudes towards this art can be gleaned from works of a more general nature. In … prove to be a rich source for this kind of speculation, particularly in connection with the 'ethical' and therapeutic …
Eduard Birnbaum - a Bibliography
… scholarly work is well known to every student of Jewish music. I was privileged to belong to the team that … sources: The bibliography by Eric Werner appended to his article on the Birnbaum collection of Jewish music (see item … of Jewish music (New York, 1951). A further list of articles found in the course of personal research and not …
The Musical Realization of Biblical Cantillation Symbols (te‘amîm) in the Jewish Yemenite Tradition
… which the biblical recitation is a central liturgical part; (b) the traditional study-sessions of biblical … The aim of this paper is to present the repertory of the musical renditions of the Pentateuch and to investigate the relationships between the te’amim and their musical realization within these three social contexts. … …
The Musical Passage in Ibn Ezra's "Book of the Garden"
… born in 1055 in Granada and died after 1135. He refers to music in many of his poems, mainly those describing … wine-drinking sessions; he also deals with the theory of music in two of his books: the book on poetic art, Kitab almuhadarah wa' lmudakarah ('Book of …
Notes on Bukharan Music in Israel
… trip to Israel in May-June 1971. Having specialized in the music of Afghanistan and Soviet Central Asia, I was … of finding survivals of Bukharan traditions in Israel, particularly in the area of secular music. This interest was … the scope of the inquiry was limited by a serious dearth of musicians among the Israeli Bukharans, the data …
Collectanea Concerning Music in the Hebrew Manuscript London, British Library, Or. 10878 (Hebrew)
… Three fragments of musical theory and of speculations on music, collected by an anonymous Jewish scribe (probably … of sounds by musical instruments, the author calls the art of music the foremost among the (four) mathematical …
An Institute of Jewish Music in Jerusalem
… ' … We hereby appeal to all Jewish musicians and singers in Jerusalem and in Erez Israel, to … Jews of Persia and Babylonia, and to all the Jewish musicians and cantors in the entire world, from the Jews of … music that are dispersed through all the corners of the earth! Who amongst you senses the sanctity of his people's …
A.Z. Idelsohn: A Pioneer in Jewish Ethnomusicology
… of the twentieth century, the study and research of Jewish music was motivated by the belief that the music of biblical … Restoring it to its former glory became the task which started the modern search after the true and most ancient … the true image of any musical source, the real search started for the detection of the earliest 'beginnings' of …
Idelsohn’s Scholarly and Literary Publications: An Annotated Bibliography
… was regarded by many as the savant and saviour of Jewish music. In 1932 on the double occasion of his fiftieth … 'Thesaurus of Hebrew Oriental Melodies' has elicited articles concerning the man and his work from writers the … that he has bestowed upon the Jew a great gift, a music of his own, hitherto undiscovered, unknown. Hence, …