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Yonatan Malin
… variety of genres including German Lieder, Klezmer, and Jewish liturgical music. His book Songs in Motion: Rhythm … at the conference Magnified and Sanctified: The Music of Jewish Prayer. In the fall of 2013, he presented 'Commentary on a …
Moritz Rosenhaupt
… town of Jesberg near Kassel on March 14, 1841. However the Jewish Encyclopedia (1906) places his birth place in … Professor J. Hess from Heidelberg; and (according to the Jewish Encyclopedia ) the “choir leader Benz,” who taught … Writings by Rosenhaupt Rosenhaupt translated Hebrew prayers to German and also compiled manuals for the teaching …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… library at the New York campus of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, was “Six Songs from the Jewish Homeland, Arranged for Mixed Voices.” [2] This … to 1901. The text appears to have many similarities to the prayer sung (or more precisely, melodeclamated) by …
Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… Introduction Jewish cantillation—the intoned reading of Torah, Haftarah, … I will provide a new perspective on musical features of Jewish cantillation in the Eastern Ashkdnazi tradition, a … however, mirrors the inner transformation sought through prayer and t’shuvah (repentance) during this liturgical …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… close association between Temple sacrifices and synagogue prayers. Since the loss of the Temple, prayer has fulfilled … we can reconstruct with a certain degree of accuracy how Jewish liturgical practices evolved prior to the invention … also attested in several medieval manuscripts of the Roman Jewish rite available at the IMHM catalogue. The persistence …
Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… Composer Deborah Lynn Friedman (1951-2011) was an American Jewish singer-songwriter, whose compositions played an … shifting the aesthetics of liturgical music in the liberal Jewish movements of North America. Friedman’s compositional … worshippers were seeking more accessible, communal modes of prayer. Friedman’s early compositions were designed to be …
Four Melodies for Four Questions
… about the 'Traditional' Israeli Melody for Mah Nishtanah Jewish music research rarely considers the Jewish home as a performing stage, even though major … other pedagogical texts) with liturgical ones (blessings, prayers and psalms). The musical repertoire for the …
“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… wars and vicissitudes in Spain that greatly affected the Jewish communities there. In 1140 Ibn Ezra immigrated to … poetry, research on Hebrew grammar, writings concerning Jewish thought (including philosophy and various scientific … appears as an addition to the fourth blessing in the Amidah prayer of the Arvit (evening) service following the Sabbath) …
The Liturgy of Beta Israel: Music of the Ethiopian Jewish Prayer
… of Operation Moses when a significant proportion of the Jewish population of Ethiopia was flown from the Sudan to … in Jerusalem, Machon Meir, to familiarize them with general Jewish history and Orthodox religious law ( Halacha ) that … … The Liturgy of Beta Israel: Music of the Ethiopian Jewish Prayer … Simha Arom … פרנק אלוורז-פריירה … Shoshana Ben-Dor …
Between Tradition and Modernity
… times as well as of the entire Southern German liturgical Jewish tradition round out the 470 pages of this book, … particularly the role of the congregation during the prayer services.” Recordings of a selection from Maier … to Hazzan Maier Levi of Esslingen, at the historical Jewish Orphanage of Esslingen, November 10, 2019. From right …