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Responsorial Singing
… in response to each other. It is one of the oldest musical forms and common to many peoples, cultures, and … 3:10; Sot. 5:4) and Talmud ( B. Suk . 38b; Sot. 30b) of the musical performance of the Song of the Sea — the leader … from the opening verse as a refrain — more likely reflects early synagogue responsorial forms. Yemenite Jews have …
With Songs They Respond: The Diwan of the Jews from Central Yemen
… The Jews of Yemen possess rich musical traditions, which have always been of interest to scholars of Jewish music, just as their unique cultural history has attracted the attention of Jewish scholars from an early stage. Interest in this culture is still alive today, …
Ten Zemirot Ami: New Melodies for Piyyutim from the Aleppo Mahzor (1527)
… ‘ami is the second disc in the new “Contemporary Jewish Music” series of the Jewish Music Research Centre. This new series differs in character … composed by local poets and sung by the community during yearly and life cycle events. Of the hundreds of piyyutim in …
Ahavat ‘Olamim
… in 2010. This is the third disc in the Contemporary Jewish Music series produced by the Jewish Music Research Centre. It is the product of the initiative … rituals, and in non-liturgical religious songs for the early morning vigils, called Shirat ha-bakkashot. The …
Cantar de las Flores
… coplas repertoire is meant to be sung in context with the yearly holiday cycle. This copla is documented in the … with the second verse of the repeated refrain. Thus, the music divides the ten verses of the textual stanza into three identical musical strophes, each strophe consisting of four musical …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… Yemenite rite where it has been found since at least the early eighteenth century (see, manuscript Berlin - … line of the opening stanza, is the refrain (same words and music are repeated) and x, the last line of the rest of the … Tyrnau, an Austrian rabbi active in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth century in Vienna and its vicinities who is …
Selihot according to Siftei renanot
… Micha Assis … As the High Holidays approach, the Jewish Music Research Centre dedicates the Song of the Month to the … are extracted from a presentation titled “Islands of Musical Memory: Lucena (Spain, 11th century)-Djerba and … century. Following their immigration to Israel since the early 1950s, the practice of selihot according to the order …
Mi-al har horev from the manuscripts of Obadiah the Proselyte
… of "Mi'al har horev" from Obadiah the Proselyte's Hebrew musical manuscripts, arranged by Andre Hajdu and performed … was inspired by several recent inquiries regarding the musical manuscripts of Obadiah the Proselyte. The staff of … provide a general picture regarding this interesting set of early Hebrew musical manuscripts. In 1918, a fragment …
Prayer for the state
… Synagogue … Liturgical Innovation in a Nation-State: The Music of the “Prayer for the Well-being of the State of … excellent article by Rabbi Prof. David Golinkin HERE The music of the “Prayer for the Well-being of the State of … many state events of religious nature took place in the early years of the State of Israel. Present on that occasion …
Kolomeyke (LKT)
… and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations from … or refer to the term in question. It also indicates whether musical notation or sound recordings are included in the … One of these is the Ukrainian Kolomejka, which has clearly had an influence on the Hasidic niggun.” Mazor 1974, …