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Karev Yom
… him if the interview should be carried out in English or Hebrew. With a distinctive “sabra” accent and in his … baritone voice, Bikel reprimanded Gazit in highbrow modern Hebrew by saying that “the Hebrew language is still holding … the last stanza of Yannai’s ancient piyyut set to a special melody is for the moment unknown. The present musical …
A Gneyve - A Yiddish Song of Theft and Poverty
… with slightly different lyrics and a completely different melody. 'A Gneyve' is part of a large repertoire of Yiddish … published both in the ninth volume of his Thesaurus of Hebrew Oriental Melodies (1932), which is dedicated to … University Press. Idelsohn, Abraham Zvi. 1932. Thesaurus of Hebrew Oriental Melodies: Volume 9 The Folk Song of the East …
Zemerl (LKT)
… “...a zemerl [pl. zmires ]...is a religious folk song in Hebrew or Aramaic sung on the Sabbath. Bearing a strong … “Violinist Leon Schwartz performs a kale bazetsn melody, and plays and sings the freylakhs (the second, …
The Jerusalem-Sephardic Tradition
… to other sections in the prayer service with a defined melody usually sung by the congregation. The prayer melodies … the 20 th century in Jerusalem and is a combination of the Hebrew language, which forms the base of prayers and … University of Chicago Press, 1998. * Translated from the Hebrew original in 'An Invitation to Piyut' website, by Elie …
Ehad mi Yodea - Its sources, variations, and parodies
… collection 1938 collection published in Kiev. Example 5 Melody of children's parody of "E h ad mi yodea as it … apparently for the first time, as a manuscript addition (Hebrew and Yiddish) to a copy of the Ashkenazi haggadah … those of “ H ad gadya” and “Addir hu,” was published in Hebrew (with a few Aramaic words) along with a translation …
Terkish (LKT)
… notation and recording references included). “Terkishe Melody from ‘Doina’ Medley #1. This is the furst tune of a … clarinet recorded in 1923...The title refers to a Hebrew prayer, possibly the source of the basic melody. He explores three D scales, shifting with each new …
Hag Purim – The story behind its melody
… Juedische Volksmusik, 1912, p. 6. In this publication the melody was arranged for soprano and two altos. Example 3 … was previously set to a variety of religious poems in Hebrew and Yiddish. It was also featured in many … In his article about the Hassidic niggun in the modern Hebrew song repertory, Yaacov Mazor mentions the same melody …
La Gallarda matadora
… possible connections. Background Sepharad is the medieval Hebrew name for the Iberian Peninsula. The Sephardic Jews' … morphological and phonological features adopted from Hebrew and the local languages of the peoples that … example is the song Nací en Álamo . This song's beautiful melody comes from the Greek song Nas Balamo that was set to …
«A Special Kind of Antisemitism»: On Russian Nationalism and Jewish Music
… Ephraim Shkliar presented an arrangement of a Jewish folk melody to the class. He did not call it “Jewish,” only a … from the ornery antisemite had everything to do with his Hebrew first name. [28] Picture 6: Solomon Rosowsky (far … Zionist, and later the first professor of music at the Hebrew University. In 1907, the same year in which Shor …
Mitsve-tants (LKT)
… her partner each hold the end of a kerchief. No prearranged melody or practiced steps or forms are necessary for this … . Harkavi is the only one that in his Yiddish-English-Hebrew Dictionary made a distinction between kosher-tants -- … Rivkind 1962, pp. 45-46 . “ Mitsve-tants ... The first melody is one of the tunes sung by the badkhn as he invites …