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Avi Bar-Eitan
… and lecturer. He received his Ph.D. in musicology at the Hebrew University, and his M.A. and M.Mus degrees and Artist’s Diploma from the Hebrew University and the Jerusalem Academy of Music and … span musicology and ethnomusicology and include communal singing ( shirah b’tzibbur ) in Israel today and its role in …
Four Melodies for Four Questions
… time (see for example our Song of the Month archive). The singing of serial folksongs added at the end of the seder is … Ashkenazi communities, a paraphrase in Yiddish followed the Hebrew text phrase by phrase, a common learning technique in … W. Binder, Seder Melodies: The Hagaddah Set to Music: in Hebrew and English for the Religious School, Congregational …
“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… onle of the last great poets of the Spanish 'Golden Age' of Hebrew poetry. Ibn Ezra was born in Tudela, Spain in 1089 … Ibn Ezra wrote Biblical commentary, poetry, research on Hebrew grammar, writings concerning Jewish thought … of modern and old Hebrew songs intended for Israeli singing communities. [15] Its inclusion in such a book …

Courtney Blue
… Courtney is a graduate student at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, studying under Professor … Seroussi. She was born and raised in Seattle, Washington, singing Jazz and Classical music from a young age. She … at the JMRC and as a graduate teaching assistant at Hebrew University. Aside from her music studies, Courtney is …
The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… performance context or with their melodies of old. The Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini, which used to be performed in … Moreover, the catalogue of the Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts at the National Library of Israel lists … is the gematria of mayim , water) officers I have left off singing, for the mouths of singers are filled with water, …
Rabbi Meir Eleazar Atiya
… The Jewish Music Research Centre of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem mourns the passing of Rabbi … maintained and kept alive the Moroccan Jewish singing tradition in Israel against all odds. He was a … the relations and differences between the Moroccan Arab and Hebrew traditions of Andalusian music, and by his profound …

The Musical Realization of Biblical Cantillation Symbols (te‘amîm) in the Jewish Yemenite Tradition
… within these three social contexts. … 23258 … yemenite singing … Yemenite … Hebrew cantillation … Biblilcal cantillation … Teamim- …

The Magical and Theurgic Interpretation of Music in Jewish Sources from the Renaissance to Hassidism (Hebrew)
… and Isaac Abrabanel describe music in magical terms: by singing and playing one can influence the … harmony in the Divine World of the sefirot by theurgical singing. The most important of these authors are Meir ibn … Music in Jewish Sources from the Renaissance to Hassidism (Hebrew) … Moshe Idel …

Yemenite Qasīd Songs (Hebrew)
… so that the simpler people and the women, who did not know Hebrew very well, could understand them. Those who copied … the qasid 'abda' birabbi di kalaq is published here, with Hebrew translation and apparatus. The musical treatment of … in this volume. … 9575 … Yemen … Yemenite … yemenite singing … Yemenite Jews … Qasid … Songs … Diwan … Yemenite …

The Music and its Function in the Singing of the Qasīd anda birabbī dī kalaq (Hebrew)
… . All three are intended to be sung as a part of the men's singing and dancing during family celebrations. Such a … melody with a slow, measured rhythm typical of liturgical singing. In most cases the literary form of the first … Function in the Singing of the Qasīd anda birabbī dī kalaq (Hebrew) … Uri Sharvit …