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Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… , and notwithstanding recent publications of intricate cultural-historical scholarship concerning the Binding of … their thematic content, formal aspects, as well as their cultural contexts and functions. Special attention will be … “The Musical Vocabulary of Ashkenazic Hazanim .” In Studies in Biblical and Jewish Folklore . Ed. Raphael Patai …

Jewish Liturgical Forms in the Falasha Liturgy? A Comparative Study
… article is a first step in the direction of comparative studies. In any society, a Jewish influence may be manifested in certain aspects of cultural life and religious practice, but all Jewish …

Remarks Concerning the Use of the Melograph in Ethnomusicological Studies
… has become a laboratory for comparative anthropological studies of all kinds. Its inhabitants comprise Jews from many different cultural backgrounds, as well as Arab communities whose … Concerning the Use of the Melograph in Ethnomusicological Studies … Dalia Cohen … רות כץ …
Bernardo Feuer
… and especially of Feuer’s father. Feuer continued his studies for a brief period in Warsaw, though his family does … of their secular music. This choir was part of the Hazomir Cultural Center and Baytelman became the president. This … Jewish (Bnei Israel) community in Chile, and promoted cultural exchanges with the Choir of the University of …

Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… 2006, Tenzer and Roeder 2011, and the journal Analytical Studies of World Music ) and as scholars of Jewish music … accepted in most communities, as are legitimate traditional cultural variations” (2002, 515). [30] Jacobson welcomes … The Making of a Reform Jewish Cantor: Musical Authority, Cultural Investment . Bloomington: Indiana University Press. …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… at them as relics of an embryonic period in Jewish/Zionist cultural development. Binder’s project is as much about … “Mt. Meron tunes,” as they became called following the studies of this repertoire by Andre Hajdu and Yaacov Mazor. … Edwin Seroussi, the Joyce Z. Greenberg Professor of Jewish Studies, in the winter of 2016 at the Department of Music of …
Qad Zawajunī - Here I Was Wed
… among the Yemenite communities of Israel, even though its cultural context and the functions that it upheld have … Johanna. “Bridal Songs and Ceremonies from San’a.” In Studies in Biblical and Jewish Folklore , edited by R. …

Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… text not only fails to acknowledge many earlier substantial studies on the subject but, in spite of a short discussion … not without justification, considering the heavily German cultural and linguistic leaning of the early Zionist … Zvi, tried to plant wheat on the soil of the moshava [agricultural settlement] Yesud Ha-ma’alah. In those days, the …
The Jerusalem-Sephardic Tradition
… transition took place as part of a number of historical, cultural, and historical processes which occurred over the … Culture of the Ottoman Jews, Sources and Examples.” Israel Studies in Musicology 5, 1990: 43-58. Shelemay, …
Hag Purim – The story behind its melody
… melody. According to one version, on his way to his art studies at the Bezalel art academy in Jerusalem, the young … in the text could be seen as a reflection of the socio-cultural shift in the way Purim is conceived by the secular …