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The Musical Realization of Biblical cantilation symbols (teamim) in the Jewish Yemenite Tradition
The article deals with the Torah reading of the Yemenites Jews of San'a and examines the…
Heinrich Schalit and Paul Ben-Haim in Munich
An interest in Jewish music was awakened in pre-1933 Munich, beginning with Cantor…
The Titles of the Psalms- A Renewed Investigation of an Old Problem
The article deals with the titles in the psalter and includes a comparison with Judean…
Jubal in the Middle Ages
The myth of the biblical figure Jubal as the inventor of music was prevalent among…
The Biblical Nebel
The article attempts at finding the historical sources of the Nebel till the end of…
Akedah
Refers to the biblical narrative of the binding of Isaac found in the book of Genesis 22…
Zemirot
The word Zemirot means literally 'songs' or 'hymns' but is used to refer to two specific…
Megillah
Lit. Scroll. Name given to the biblical Book of Esther, one of the five scrolls.
Seliha-Selihot
The word Seliha (plural- Selihot) means forgiveness in Hebrew.
In the singular form…
Society for Jewish Folk Music
Violins, Voice and Jews
In the spring of 1897, on the eve of the Russian Orthodox…