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Nitzan Hen Razael
… by their eclectic character, and include Israeli song and piyyut alongside klezmer pieces, stories, and … he premiered the show ' Secrets of Ashkenazi Piyyut ' as part of the First Piyyut Festival in Jerusalem. In this show, …
Fog al-Nakhal (فوق النخل): Multicultural and Transnational Journeys of an Iraqi Folksong
… النخل) “Fog al-Nakhal,” is nowadays one of the most popular songs in the Middle East. It is a muwwashshah, “girdle” … beat. The easily recognizable pasté often invites group participation in live performances. Unlike its relatively … to religious songs in the long tradition of paytanim starting with R. Israel Najara (c. 1550-1625). Mustacchi …
Rabbi Hanna Tiferet Siegel
… (Tunes); and by Debbie Friedman with her new singer-songwriter Jewish music style. Her compositions promote … Collection of Hanna Tiferet Siegel melodies: https://www.oysongs.com/products/songs.cfm?artist_id=542&EzPage=4 * The picture was taken from …
Sonic Ruins of Modernity
… phenomena interact in the making and distribution of folksongs beyond their time. Through Judeo-Spanish (or Ladino) folksongs, the author illustrates a methodology for the interplay of individual memories, artistic initiatives, political and media policies, which …
Salamone Rossi’s HaShirim Asher LiShlomo in its Fourth Centennial (5383-5783)
… digital revolution enabled wider access to Rossi’s work. Artists perform and record his Hebrew settings time after … to the memory of the venerated composer. Almost a quarter of a century since the publication of Harrán’s still … vol. 3, 1863, p. 175. … Biography of Salamone Rossi Song of the month: Elohim hashivenu - A liturgical insertion …
Moshe "Musa" Berlin
… of 6 when he began playing the violin. In high school, he started playing the clarinet; since then, it has been his main instrument. Musa’s interest in Klezmer music started at a young age, with annual visits to mount Meron. … by Musa and Odelelya Berlin in “Who am I? An Israeli song” (מי אני? שיר ישראלי) in Bar Ilan University discussing …
El Shokhen Shamayim - A Recorded Pearl of Andalusian Hebrew Music from Algeria Recovered
… were not digitized before and one of these items is our song of the month. Bresler’s website will offer extended … printed collection of sacred Hebrew poetry set to Ottoman art music. All these and several other printed versions of … While the refrain in the Genizah and Eastern versions starts with 'Lekha odkha beniv safa' (You I will praise with …
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 …
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 …
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 …