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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 … performing the answers to the questions. In some Ashkenazi communities, a paraphrase in Yiddish followed the Hebrew …
“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 Italy, and … poetry, research on Hebrew grammar, writings concerning Jewish thought (including philosophy and various scientific …
The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… of the Land of Israel (1882-1946) . … Not all traditional Jewish holiday songs have survived in their original … Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini, which used to be performed in Jewish communities on Purim, especially in Germany, is one of those …
Rabbi Meir Eleazar Atiya
… The Jewish Music Research Centre of the Hebrew University of … single-handedly maintained and kept alive the Moroccan Jewish singing tradition in Israel against all odds. He was … very specific liturgical practices from different Jewish communities in Morocco, in the face of their vanishing under …
A.Z. Idelsohn: A Pioneer in Jewish Ethnomusicology
… of the twentieth century, the study and research of Jewish music was motivated by the belief that the music of biblical times survived in the living traditions of Jewish communities. It was also believed that with the dispersion …
Persistence and Transformation of a Sephardi - Penitential Hymn under Changing Environmental Conditions
… early twenties, he confronted different local variants of Jewish Sephardi melodies. He confined himself to very few, … the same tune persisted in widely separated Sephardi communities, but he also pointed to cases of transformation. … His line has recently been taken up by several students of Jewish music tradition. We are now in a better position than …
Three Musical Ceremonies for Hôšanā Rabbah in the Jewish Community of Casale Monferrato (1732, 1733, 1735) (Hebrew)
… source of information as regards the musical events at the Jewish community of Casale Monferrato during the years … as pasticcio combinations. … 9426 … Hosha'nah Rabbah … Jewish communities … Manuscripts … Eighteenth (18th) Century … …
The Rules of the Oral Transmission of the Mishnah According to the Aleppo Tradition
… governing the oral transmission of the Mishnah, the Jewish Oral Law. This compilation was originally orally … after being fixed in writing, it was read and studied in Jewish communities without the aid of graphic signs such as the …
Inventing Jewish Music
… It was 1848, and the music of central Europe's Jewish communities was in a state of chaos. In the cities, … sense of isolation and abandonment. The very nature of Jewish identity was being questioned from within Jewish …
Songs of Grief and Hope: Ancient Western-Sephardi Melodies of Qinot for the Ninth of Av
… of qinot melodies for the Ninth of Av (the date on the Jewish calendar that commemorates the destruction of the … particular musical richness are the qinot of the Sephardi communities of the Western Hemisphere. Perhaps the … order of the four fasts.” … 9415 … Sephardi … Sephardic Jewish people … Western Sephardi tradition … Sephardi …