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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 … Israeli art music … Israel … Piyyut … Morocco … Rabbi Haim Louk … …
Las horas de la vida
… 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). … …
Shir Hanamal
… the outside world, tangible or imaginary. For this reason songs about boats, sea travel and ports are also conspicuous … in the children’s repertoire in Hebrew. One example is ‘Song of the Port’ written by the eminent poetess Lea … influential children’s newspaper published by the Labor Party), resounds with optimistic markers of progress and …
4. La constitución se dió (Jacob Algava)
… Another patriotic song praising the constitutional regime established in the … monarch of the Young Turks. The record label defines this song as “Turkish.” Its musical style however is overtly that … En vuestros brazos presto tornaremos. Non es una espartición el ir servir la nación. Yaşasın asker… … 10 … 7 … …
6. Cantiga de Hanum Dudún (Jacob Algava)
… A very popular wedding song of Greek origin, known mainly in Salonica (CMP AA63, … most versions that survived in oral tradition, the song starts from the second stanza. It was also recorded by the CES ( see below, no. 38 ) and partially by the choir La Gloria from Sarajevo ( see below, …