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Tenu'a (yd. pronunciation: tnue, tnie)
… fragment, or snippet, with characteristics that are difficult to define by known musical terms. Generally, but not …
Diwan
… In Arab culture, a Diwan is an anthology of poems by one or several …
Minhah
… pressure from the daily toils of their lives, it was difficult for them to make it to the synagogue for both Min h a …
Baqqashah (Pl. Baqqashot)
… his piyyutim to be sung are borrowed from the musical culture of the Sephardi Jews of Spain (tunes of … or Arabic maqamat and melodies of the surrounding musical cultures became embedded in the Sephardi liturgical and … Baqqashot is the result of developments in the musical culture of the Middle East in general, and in Jerusalem in …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… against the background of the various Ashkenazi musical cultures. The Ashkenazi tradition of this pizmon comprises … and had embraced the music aesthetics of the surrounding culture. The balanced course of Southern melody, with its …
Dos Fartribene Taybele (The Exiled Dove)
… Land of Israel to work as a farmer. Goldfaden had some difficulty staging his new drama, until Boris Thomashevsky agreed …
Selihot according to Siftei renanot
… challenging “orthodox” visions of Judaism by stressing also cultural values. The uniqueness of Siftei renanot resides in …
Piyyutim for the High Holidays
… singer of his period, a critical era of deep social and cultural transition in the history of the Judeo-Spanish … modernizing trends characterized by an exposure to Western culture (most particularly French), to liberal trends in …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… against the background of the various Ashkenazi musical cultures. The Ashkenazi tradition of this pizmon comprises … and had embraced the music aesthetics of the surrounding culture. The lyric quality of the tune (Avenary’s term here …
Moyshelekh Un Shloymelekh (part 2)
… Alter (1901-1979), a Polish-born cantor-composer and faculty member at the Hebrew Union College. It was published … however, tampers with this essence, making the song difficult to remember and disposing with the catchiness of …