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Hisqil Qassab
… Hesqil Kassab was one of the most famous Iraqi maqam reciters in the twentieth century. He was the … in Maqam, and he was almost one of the most prominent Iraqi singers from among the Jews of Iraq. 'Hesqil Saul Qassab was born in Baghdad in the last …
Salim Shibith (Salim Ha-Cohen)
… ”) and highly regarded for his renditions of al-maqam al-‘Iraqi (the Iraqi maqam ). Like other performers, he learned the … of the maqam , wrote Na‘im Twayna in his series on Iraqi musicians in Al-Anba’ newspaper (June 30, 1978). It …
Dudu Tassa
… Tassa and the Kuwaitis which plays new renditions of old Iraqi and Kuwaiti songs written and composed by Tassa's late … Alison ' From Daud to Dudu: Israeli rock star makes classic Iraqi songs popular again ' . Radio France Internationale, (2019). Denselow, Robin ' Dudu Tassa: an Iraqi Revival' , Songlines, (2019). … Israeli rock …
Armand Sabah
… to play the oud privately. His father introduced him to an Iraqi oud player from Avraham Salman's ensemble in the Kol …
Fog al-Nakhal (فوق النخل): Multicultural and Transnational Journeys of an Iraqi Folksong
… by its refrain between the stanzas. Usually recognized as Iraqi, “Fog al-Nakhal” also appears in the repertoire of … Eastern communities and nations. In the context of the Iraqi Maqam ( al-maqam al-Iraqi ), this catchy song in maqam hijaz functions as a …
Songs of Palestinian Jews from the Collection of Isaac Lurie (1913)
… Ottoman provinces of Greater Syria (Aleppo and Urfa) and Iraq (Baghdad), as well as from Iran (Shiraz), Yemen and …
An Ashkenazi version of “Ehad mi yode’a” in…Arabic
… ones from the ancient cities of Aleppo (Syria) and Baghdad (Iraq). The Arabic versions open “Min ye’elam umin yidri?” …
Nahôn libbo is hujire – Whole-heartedly is the fearful believer
… of the exiled in the Promised Land. The inclusion of this Iraqi Jewish tune adapted from Idelsohn’s Thesaurus of … the contrast between the Eastern European and the Iraqi musical worlds by means of two widely separated keys, … piano part indeed leaves the space open to the ornamented Iraqi Jewish melody. _____________________________________ …
Tsur levavi shokhen aliya (shir le-hatunah)
… inhabitant of heights (wedding song). A wedding piyut by Iraqi Jewish poet Salih Masliah (d. 1785). Performed by Ezra … Salih Masliah continued to be sung to the same melody by Iraqi Jews in Israel. See the recording by Shlomo Mu’alem at …
Yehi shalom (zemer le-berit milah)
… 2 onwards) is still very popular among descendants of Iraqi Jews in Israel. Compare with the version in Amnon Shiloah, The musical tradition of Iraqi Jews (Or Yehuda, 1983), no. 51, pp. 116-7 … From the …