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Purim, Purim, Purim lanu
… Rabbi Yosef Shalom Gallego who was born in Saloniki (then part of the Ottoman Empire) in the last third of the 16th … and North Africa of the “new” style of religious Hebrew song that developed in the 16th century in the Land of … the Western Jewish communities became familiar with the songs of Rabbi Israel Najara (ca. 1550-1625) and his …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… Days. As the High Holy Days season arrives, we dedicate the song of the month to rare recordings of Ashkenazi melodies … sung during the High Holidays. In a thought-provoking article on Shofet kol ha’aretz in Ashkenaz, Hanoch Avenary … season and the Shofet hymn. This kind of relation between a song and its liturgical context is frequent and is almost a …
Im nin'alu
… variant of the so’er (rajaz): -˘˘- -˘˘- - / -˘˘- -˘˘-. This song, as performed by Bracha Zefira, who sang a setting of … Israeli public since the thirties. Joseph Tal and Oedoen Partos also arranged it for choir. (Bahat, 1995: 240) Here we … 6.1.77; YC 1175) sings the first stanza and the second part of the third stanza to three melodies: the first in …
Tin Pan Alley
… Nickname for the popular songwriting and sheet-music publishing industry centred in … By association it came to be applied to the general type of song purveyed by the industry both in America and then … the World Wars to Broadway, around 50th Street, and particularly became associated with the Brill Building, with …
Zemirot
… The word Zemirot means literally 'songs' or 'hymns' but is used to refer to two specific … adapted to Zemirot texts. Hassidic dance melodies were particularly popular. 4. In the past 30 years, the … dissemination of newly-composed settings for Zemirot as part of the Neo- Hassidic musical genre which gained …
Baqqashah (Pl. Baqqashot)
… from 2-3 a.m. until the Shaharit prayer, in which the participants communally sing various piyyutim, which are titled Baqqashot. The practice developed, for the most part, in two geographical areas: the area of Allepo in Syria, … the Baqqashot to this very day; his book, Zemirot Yisra’el (Songs of Israel) was published in three editions: Safed …
Folk song
… Song sung by the people. In opposition to art songs which are composed and performed as art, folk songs are sung by everyone, on a daily basis or on …
Viktor Ullmann. A brief biography and appreciation
… works, of which three operas, seven piano sonatas, several song cycles, and one string quartet are extant. He then recounts his personal experiences … … … 3 … 1979 … Music … Biography … History … Opera … Art Music … Holocaust … Art … Vienna … Composer … Max Bloch …
Musical Notations of Zemirot (Sabbath Table Songs) in an Eighteenth Century Manuscript at the Prague National Library
… The article describes a manuscript from the Birnbaum Collection … of the 18th century. Examples of the Zemirot (Shabbat songs) contained in the Ms, are presented alongside their … Seroussi … Musical Notations of Zemirot (Sabbath Table Songs) in an Eighteenth Century Manuscript at the Prague …
Voices in the sanctuary: Musical Practices of the American Synagogue
… with some responsorials, replacing some of the cantor’s part with congregational singing, simplification and … to America played, and the affect of pop music and Israeli songs. … 101 … 101 … 3 … Conservative Judaism … Conservative …