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Enni enni tirttu dinam (The fifth of Iyyar)
… declaration of Israeli independence on the fifth day of the Hebrew month of Iyyar May 14 1948 when the British rulers … Jewery … Jewish communities … Languages … Women … Women singing … Women's songs … Israel … Enni enni tirttu dinam …
Kol beru’e ma’ala umata
… The poem depicts "all Creatures" singing and praising the Unity of God. In the Sephardi rite … of Prof. Juda Leon Palache. Prof. Palache was a lecturer of Hebrew Language and Literature at the University of … Cardozo, it was Zwi Werblowski, Professor Emeritus of the Hebrew University, who transmitted this tune to Leon Palache …
Halleluya halleli nafshi (Psalm 146)
… This chant is an example of Hebrew psalmody that consists of a flexible melodic formula … oldest genres of Sephardi liturgical music. It is used for singing psalms on diverse occasions, except in the …
Mizmor le-david (Psalm 29)
… This is a rhythmicized example of the Hebrew psalmody used for the Sabbath eve (compare with no. 9 … were granted (or were even encouraged to buy) the honor of singing the opening Psalms of the service with melodies such …
A Recovered Voice from the Past
… Jewish history, including among other things the revival of Hebrew in Ottoman Palestine, the creation of a new secular … himself left a rather short autobiography in English and Hebrew published towards the end of his life, when his … ] always remained with her and she never did abandon her singing. Father groomed her to be a lovely soloist in his …
Idelsohn’s trilingual autobiography and Yiska Idelsohn’s oral memoire
… text for easy online search and mobile viewing. Idelsohn's Hebrew and English biographies, written in the early 1930s, … in Jewish Music Journal 2, no. 2 (1935): 8-11. The Hebrew one appeared in Die Chasanim Welt 3, no. 15, (Sh’vat, … cantors had less voice than he, but much sweeter, and their singing was with more Jewish feeling. From my father I …
Abda betauhid
… Shalem Shabazi, signed Alshabazi , written alternately in Hebrew and Arabic. It is sung in many celebrations, and … first two stanzas, the first in Arabic and the second in Hebrew. Their style of singing emphasizes their family relationship and the fact …
"Levavi yahsheqa ‘ofra" (My heart yearns for a hart)
… author is identified as `son of Joseph'. The words are in Hebrew and Arabic. The poem opens with a love song, and ends … Drumming on tin pan and drum accompany the rhythmical singing. Tempos are set by the beat of the tin pan. All the …
"Shabbat menuḥa hi" (Sabbath is a day of rest)
… 115). It has an introductory section and eight stanzas, in Hebrew and Arabic. This recording features Aharon Cohen and the Kiryat Ono male ensemble singing a melismatic melody in flowing rhythm. The soloist …
"Vehalleluya" (Hallelujah)
… 115). It has an introductory section and eight stanzas, in Hebrew and Arabic. This recording features Aharon Cohen and the Kiryat Ono male ensemble singing a melismatic melody in flowing rhythm. The soloist …