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A.Z. Idelsohn and the Study of the Traditional Pronunciations of Hebrew (Hebrew)
… based on phonetic criteria. He also differentiated phonetic features which are to be considered ancient, from others, … the various ethnic groups should carry over the distinctive features of their traditional liturgical pronunciations into …
Music in Sixteenth-Century Kabbalah in Northern Africa
… in other parts of the Jewish world; its most characteristic feature is the ritualistic study of the book, which is quite …
Greek Epic and Kypriaka: Why “Cyprus Matters”
… (Sherratt 1992; Knapp 2008). Mycenaean cultural features did however endure and evolve within this receptive …
The Liturgy of Beta Israel: Music of the Ethiopian Jewish Prayer
Some scientific enterprises, like good wine, mature over a long period of time. The…
Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… the melodic progressions of the song reveal the following features: Part A : There are two similar moments of calling … films were milestones in the history of popular music in feature animated films. Alan Menken composed the music for …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… again the Song of the Month to this text, that was already featured is previous years, in order to analyze two new … musical traditions of Shofet kol ha'aretz Our previous feature on Shofet kol ha’aretz in the Song of the Month … the “common” melody into one type. He also points out the features that separate these three sub-types. Avenary shows …
Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… below each word. However, the chant also has clear musical features, with a variety of scales, motives, contours, … present paper, I will provide a new perspective on musical features of Jewish cantillation in the Eastern Ashkdnazi … will find that the Haftarah and High Holiday melodies have features in common, including the scale and focal pitches, …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… years upwards of 300,000 people. It is raucous, loud and features ecstatic dances, songs and bonfires. A central …
Vemen vestu zingen, vemen? Leibu Levin Performs in Yiddish
“The songs of Leibu await definitive professional evaluation,” wrote back in 1984 the…
Qad Zawajunī - Here I Was Wed
… the hottest of days. The recorded performance of the song featured in this article (from Avraham's 1995 album Neve … [11] while in the villages the women's skin was darker, a feature considered to be sign of beauty in turn. Avraham …