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Baqqashah (Pl. Baqqashot)
The Baqqashot (petition) is a religious practice maintained by several Jewish…
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Responsorial Singing
“Call and response,” “responsive,” or “responsorial” is a singing performance style in…
Brakha Tzefira
Brakha Tzefira was born in Jerusalem in 1910. Her father emmigrated from Yemen in 1887,…
Yiddish Folksong (The Music of the Yiddish Folksong)
The Yiddish language, which probably began to develop around the tenth century A.D. in…
The Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam
The beautiful Dutch synagogue is also known by its Ladino name, Esnoga, and is one of…
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Coplas - Complas
A unique genre in the Sephardic Jews musical tradition.. Strophic poems, with various…
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Cantiga - cantica - cantar - canción
A unique genre in the Sephardic Jews musical tradition. Lyric songs, structured mostly…
Had Gadya
Written in Aramaic, Had Gadya appears at the very end of the Passover Haggadah.…
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Doyne (LKT)
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…
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Taksim (LKT)
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…