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Las horas de la vida (A la una nassé io [nassi io], A la una nassio)
… One of the most widespread and frequently recorded Sephardi songs throughout the 20th century. The version by Haim is … complete in existence. Originating in an Andalusian folksong the present version incorporates stanzas from other … modern Sephardi song which he may have heard from Spanish artists touring the Ottoman Empire (Seroussi in press 1). A …
Omar la-Adonay maḥsi
… c.) is is a stirring and energetic piyyut , mostly sung as part of the bakkashot and at the brit milah (circumcision … in the refrain. … Ahavat ‘Olamim: Andalusian Hebrew Song from the Maghreb to Jerusalem … Piyyutim … Israeli art music … Israel … Piyyut … Morocco … Rabbi Haim Louk … …
El lifne [sic] har Galil (shir hatunah)
… . The god appearing in front of the Mount of Galil (wedding song). Bakashot hashkama be-parsit . Early morning prayers … end of the Sabbath and Holyday eve services, but also as part of the Bakkashot. The singer performs the first two verses and then starts the third one but apparently due to a confusion he …
Shire hatunah: Anokhi Adonai Elohekha; Ve-ze ha-zman yavo Mashiah; Yiftah Adonai ba-Torah.
… Iran (Shiraz) Sequence of wedding songs. Shire hatunah: Anokhi Adonai Elohekha ; Ve-ze ha-zman … of four units. The first one is a typical Judeo-Persian song with a refrain praising prophet Moses: "Qorbaan-e mim … is Yiftah Adonai libi ba-Torah (May the Lord open my heart to the Torah). The medley closes with a return to the …
Idelsohn's Obituary of Abraham Goldfaden
… question that is hard to answer and what the author of the article in Ost und West who tried to find the real cause … the source of his spirit was closed. His blessed spirit departed from him -- and he died. -- By saying died, I do not … and the fragrance of the fields and the vineyards, and the songs of the real shepherd who longs for his beloved [not …
Eastern Mediterranean Judeo-Spanish Songs
… share of the market, he was by no means the only artist recorded. For this reason, locating and releasing … a further breakthrough in the study of the Sephardic song. This collection not only brings to light the forgotten voices of many Sephardic artists extremely popular a century and more ago, but also …
The Idelsohn Project
… Is music intrinsically political? The best-known Jewish song in the world is “Hava Nagila” (“Come, let us rejoice”). … Nagila” was consciously designed to conscript Jewish hearts into a Zionist political revolution. It emerged from … Abraham Zvi Idelsohn (1882-1938), his life is still uncharted territory. He has long been recognized as a …
An Ashkenazi version of “Ehad mi yode’a” in…Arabic
… in Aramaic. I am interested in the origins of the tune. The song is known to me from my childhood because my father sang … attention because it pairs the song with its counterpart “Had gadya” linguistically. Moreover, the mixture of … the phenomenon of “Ehad mi yode’a” in Arabic . One of the participants in this online thread has this to say: “My …
Songs of Palestinian Jews from the Collection of Isaac Lurie (1913)
… with biblical cantillation, prayers and piyyutim (songs of religious content) for Sabbaths, Holydays and life … archeological sound remains offer the modern listener a partial glimpse into the soundscape of Jewish Jerusalem in … Iran (Shiraz), Yemen and Morocco who settled in Palestine starting in the second half of the nineteenth century. A …
Avigdor (Tibor) Herzog
… in the edited volume honoring him, Lev shome’a (A Hearing Heart: Jubilee Volume in Honor of Avigdor Herzog = Dukhan vol. … Ben Sasson who eventually was appointed head of the Department of Religious Culture (Tarbut Toranit) of the … the Ashkenazi repertoire of zemiroth Shabbat (Sabbath table songs; for an example see here ), which he recorded and …