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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 … … Score, Music scores … Cantata … 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 …
The Priestly Blessing in the Ashkenazi Synagogue: Ritual and Chant
… come from under the prayer shawls of the kohanim . All Jewish communities from Yemen to Lithuania cherish special chants …
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 …
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 …
“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 …
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 …