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Society for Jewish Folk Music

… who together formed the “St. Petersburg Society for Jewish Folk Music.” Members of the society included the violin … a unique style that merged the melodic elements of Jewish folk and liturgical music – the music of the “klezmer” – … Palestine and later Israel, as well as Israeli popular and folk music. Without their work, there would be no Klezmer …

Hora

… from Rumanian. As an ancient term it meant a circular folk dance. Later, it came to signify also a specific dance. … two kinds of dance melodies in the Rumanian and Moldavian folklore: slow with triple meter, and fast with duple meter. … has since become associated as the characteristic Israeli folk dance. The Zionists, who had the custom of communal …

A Jumpin' Night in the Garden of Eden

… and the Klezmer Conservatory Band that helped start it. The Folkstreams website provides more information and a preview …

Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim

… the other hand, the Eastern European music's source is from folkloric inventions of the priests. In similarity with folk songs in general, while some were uniquely beautiful …

Kaddish

… in many musical works. Among them are: The famous Yiddish folksong, 'Ha-Kaddish Shel Rabbi Levy Yitzchak Mi-Berdichev' …

Elohim Eshala

… Michael Collection, R 0080. This is a copy of the 1958 Folkways release by the Israeli singer Geula Gill “Yemenite songs and other Israeli folk songs.” Gill (b. 1932 in Tel Aviv as Geula Levavi from … They formed an ensemble specializing on Israeli “folk music” called “Oranim Tzabar” playing arrangements by …

Brakha Tzefira

… event. Tzefira's turn to art music, rather than the Israeli folksong, was acclaimed by some, while criticized by others. … the oriental melody into Israeli music, symphonic and folkloric, through 30 years of her shows in Israel and … Persian ( Ma h ol Parsi ). Additionally, Tzefira would sing folk songs in their original language, like Ladino, and …