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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 … ha-mayim,” has the indication “ne’imah ‘amamit,” i.e. “folk melody.” While only Idelsohn has documented the … folk song,” in the style that would accompany a folk dance. Geula Gill recorded one of the earliest commercial …
Avi Bar-Eitan
… Hebrew University and the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. Dr. Bar-Eitan’s doctoral work dealt with the evaluation of “the gray area between the art, folk, and popular in the Israeli song.” His research … and entrance examinations, and works as a researcher at the Jewish Music Research Center. Dr. Bar-Eitan is the head of …
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 … career began in the 1960s, developing out of the folk music and communal singing tradition of Jewish summer … the Creator in turn answers the prayer and sends down abundance and blessing. Part B : The second part of the song …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… … In 1926, in “New Palestinean [sic] Folk Songs” – one of the earliest Zionist songbooks … of this melody appears in A.W. Binder’s “New Palestinean Folk Songs,” it is important to explore first the history of … version of the melody, perhaps one sung without text as a dance niggun – more about this later. The text of the song …
Qad Zawajunī - Here I Was Wed
… of 'play song” or singing game commonly performed among the Jewish communities of central and southern Yemen. It is sung … or light refreshments, the women and the share'a sing and dance while they decorate the bride's hands and feet with … in the event dictates the length of the performance. Folklore scholar Vered Madar mentions in her doctoral thesis …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… energy rather than legislative design. Because of the “folk” origins of its music and the re-writing of Naftali … culture emerged in Palestine and spread throughout the Jewish world with remarkable speed.It also shows how its … to Jerusalem. The first pilgrimage was under the guidance of [the teacher] David Yudelevich [1863-1943] because …
Karev Yom
… of the earliest commercial recordings of Israeli and other Jewish folksongs made for the international market after World War … also acquired a choreography becoming also an Israeli folk dance. A musical notation of ‘Karev yom’ appears in the …
Vals (LKT)
… citation, you get the full reference. “You had Polish dance tunes like krakowiak , oberek , na wesolo , mazur and … that among our large masses, for a long time now the folkdance has had been accompanied by singing and song; and … waltz meter, usually joyful. Waltzes were adopted from non-Jewish cultures by the Hasidic dynasties in Poland and …
Ehad mi Yodea - Its sources, variations, and parodies
… Month is dedicated to “E h ad mi yodea” the famous serial folksong added to the Passover haggadah . This article, … the music within different historical contexts and local Jewish traditions. “E h ad mi yodea” is a cumulative song. … I am a “ marshalok ” jester, and dance a “ hoptshiktshok ” in one shoe and one sock, in my …
Tish-nign (LKT)
… make money: a vulekhl or a doina , some zmires (religious folk songs), kind of lik Black spirituals, and Yiddish folk songs or theater songs.” Alpert 1996a, p. 16. “These klezmorim know many pieces: dance, instrumental works played at the table, street tunes …