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The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… song Kikhlot yeini, which used to be performed in Jewish communities on Purim, especially in Germany, is one of those … led to print and manuscript distribution among Sephardic communities in the Ottoman Empire, independently of its …
Rabbi Meir Eleazar Atiya
… very specific liturgical practices from different Jewish communities in Morocco, in the face of their vanishing under …
The Cantorial Fantasia of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
… of the solo performed by the precentor or Cantor in the communities of Western Asheknaz (the lands near the Rhine …
Remarks Concerning the Use of the Melograph in Ethnomusicological Studies
… from many different cultural backgrounds, as well as Arab communities whose culture has remained intact. Our work …
A.Z. Idelsohn: A Pioneer in Jewish Ethnomusicology
… biblical times survived in the living traditions of Jewish communities. It was also believed that with the dispersion … to discover the living Orient with its many Afro-Asiatic communities and ethnic groups. … 9480 … Abraham Zvi Idelsohn …
Persistence and Transformation of a Sephardi - Penitential Hymn under Changing Environmental Conditions
… the same tune persisted in widely separated Sephardi communities, but he also pointed to cases of transformation. …
Three Musical Ceremonies for Hôšanā Rabbah in the Jewish Community of Casale Monferrato (1732, 1733, 1735) (Hebrew)
… pasticcio combinations. … 9426 … Hosha'nah Rabbah … Jewish communities … Manuscripts … Eighteenth (18th) Century … …
A Hassidic Ritual Dance: The Mitsve Tants in Jerusalemite Weddings
… as the final public event of the wedding in most Hassidic communities. In our description we present some of the different forms of this ceremony in various Hassidic communities in Jerusalem. We also try to shed some light on …
The Rules of the Oral Transmission of the Mishnah According to the Aleppo Tradition
… being fixed in writing, it was read and studied in Jewish communities without the aid of graphic signs such as the …
Inventing Jewish Music
… It was 1848, and the music of central Europe's Jewish communities was in a state of chaos. In the cities, …