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Haynt Iz Purim, Brider
… Purim brider' from the Ruth Rubin's archival collection, "Folksongs and Folklore 1948-1967 – Holidays' Songs – Purim." … repertoire for Purim. It has appeared in many American Jewish songsters at least since Samuel E. Goldfarb’s … are a testimony to the presence of Rivesman’s song as a folksong in the American Yiddish Purim repertoire, …
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 … our Song of the Month archive). The singing of serial folksongs added at the end of the seder is a late medieval …
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 … the “folk” one became widespread, indeed as a Hebrew folksong, in the Yishuv. Later on, in the young State of …
El Incendio de Saloniki: The Song of the Fire
… destructive in scale, the fire came as a great blow to the Jewish community living in Saloniki at the time. The fire … tens of thousands of Jews homeless and consumed most of the Jewish neighborhood in the old city, including areas of … Another song regarding the Great Fire: http://www.jewishfolksongs.com/he/el-dio-la-mate-esta-grega Footnotes: 1. …
Musical Tradition and its Transmitters between Synagogue and Church
… with two tasks: (1) to examine the concept of 'national folksong' and its applicability in the instance of the … the attitude of Western music historians to the question of Jewish influence on early Church music. As will be seen, we … … Transmission … Church … Synagogue … Church music … Jewish … Musical Tradition and its Transmitters between …
In The Land Of The Pyramids: A Secular Take On Passover
… a rich field of inquiry into the processes that constitute Jewish music repertoires, most especially in the modern period, when new forms of expressing Jewishness through music challenged the normative status of … as “folk melody.” Indeed, the tune recalls those of Russian folksongs. However, it has not been located, thus far, …
The Fall of Jerusalem in Song: The Ashkenazi Melody She’eh ne’esar
… in Hebrew) for the Seventeenth of Tammuz, a fast day in Jewish tradition marking the breach of Jerusalem’s … this date was associated with other catastrophes in Jewish history. In spite of its prominence in Jewish … is found in many Ashkenazi liturgical melodies and Yiddish folksongs. All in all, this oral version vindicates Wodak’s …
The Edith Gerson-Kiwi Legacy
… para-liturgical and non-religious music of the non-European Jewish communities whose members relocated to Israel after … to the preservation and research of these distinctive Jewish musical repertoires. Her activities led to the … Had Gadya Kedusha Four Melodies for Four Questions Yiddish Folksong (The Music of the Yiddish Folksong) The …
Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
… Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics: Selections from the … Melngailis collection . Middleton WI: A-R editions, 2014. Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics makes public a forgotten … Abba Kovner and Sinai Leichter. 1985. Anthology of Yiddish Folksongs , Vol. 4. Jerusalem: Magnes. Vītols. Jāzeps (ed. …
Purim Lanu, Pesah a la Mano: Celebrating Flory Jagoda (1923-2021)
… serve as hazzan (cantor) of the new, flourishing Portuguese Jewish community. In 1628, he published in his adopted city … early dissemination in Western Sephardic and North African Jewish communities of the new style of religious Hebrew … . Today many consider “Pesah a la mano” as a traditional folksong, and rightly so. Jagoda first recorded the song in …