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Persistence and Transformation of a Sephardi - Penitential Hymn under Changing Environmental Conditions
… number of variants of a folk melody was undertaken by Bela Bartok at the beginning of the century, and continued by his … upon the comparison of tunes influenced by different music cultures. Idelsohn did not content himself with the … has recently been taken up by several students of Jewish music tradition. We are now in a better position than was …
The Archives of the World Centre for Jewish Music in Palestine, 1936-1940, at the Jewish National and University Library, Jerusalem
… The musicological activities in Israel prior to statehood are … at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The purpose of this article is to introduce the documentation of yet … were most effective and succeeded not only to reach all parts of the world, but also to produce within Palestine many …
The Performance Practice of the Rig-Veda: A Musical Expression of Excited Speech
… the Atharva-Veda (magical formulae and spells). For the participants, the actual performance is of supreme importance and not to be separated from the text. The musician, observing the Vedic cantillation especially that … Kerala in Southwest India, which may perhaps serve as a starting point for a more comprehensive study. … 23134 … India …
Jewish Liturgical Forms in the Falasha Liturgy? A Comparative Study
… liturgy to normative Judaism remains underdetermined. This article is a first step in the direction of … to Jewish liturgical precedents. … 23452 … Jewish music … Ethiopia … Ethiopian Liturgical Traditions … …
Numerical Representation of Variants of Orally Transmitted Tunes
… tunes exist in many variants, which differ from each other musically, textually, and even in the language used. … is hard to recognize, harder to establish. In comparative musicology and folklore the proof of the affinity of a … identifying and relating the variants of a model-tune is particularly important, when we compare two or more melodies …
Three Musical Ceremonies for Hôšanā Rabbah in the Jewish Community of Casale Monferrato (1732, 1733, 1735) (Hebrew)
… ' … Our main source of information as regards the musical events at the Jewish community of Casale Monferrato … on hos'ana rabbah . Each ceremony contained two parts; part A: a series of instrumental and liturgical pieces, and …
The Hallelôt in the Yemenite Dīwān (Hebrew)
… been examined as a poetic genre, a fact that hampers the musicologists. A preliminary listing is given, of printed … seems tolerably representative, all together 289 items. The musical analysis is based on 97 hallel ô t recorded over … The content of the hallel ô t is for the most part identical with that of the niswad and sir ô t . The …
A.Z. Idelsohn and the Study of the Traditional Pronunciations of Hebrew (Hebrew)
… well-known for his pioneering work in the field of Hebrew musicology, primarily for his recording and research of the music of the various Jewish ethnic groups, presented to the … pronunciations, which he described and discussed in several articles and monographs. Idelsohn distinguished nine …
Yemenite Qasīd Songs (Hebrew)
… and they provided entertainment through their content and music. The qasid were sung at the end of parties, once the serious part of the affair was over and the Rabbis and honoured …
The Music and its Function in the Singing of the Qasīd anda birabbī dī kalaq (Hebrew)
… and hallel ô t . All three are intended to be sung as a part of the men's singing and dancing during family … literary form of the first two poems is changed in a very particular way by the singer. Such a change occurs in the … Jews … Yemenite community … Poems … Singing … Diwan … The Music and its Function in the Singing of the Qasīd anda …