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'Et sha'are ratzon
These are the first and last strophes of one of the most remarkable medieval Hebrew…
Shema' qoli
… the ancient pedigree of some items in the High Holiday musical repertoire of the Western Sephardi liturgy (compare …
Ahot qetannah
In the Sephardi rite this piyyut attributed to Abraham Hazan Gerondi (13th century) is…
Mizmor le-david (Psalm 29)
… urban centers of Morocco, a further proof of the liturgical music links between these Jewish centers in the past and of the ongoing presence of … Amsterdam by the choir. The last verse receives a special musical treatment, a sort of cadential pattern that leads to …
Yevarekhekha
Birkat kohanim (Priestly Blessing) is one of the most moving and solemn moments of…
Az yashir Moshe (Song of the Sea; Exodus 15) (2 versions)
The Song of the Sea or Song of Moses, a section of the morning liturgy, is sung in…
Im tashiv (Qiddush shel Shabbat)
… commandment (Exodus 20:11) and this serves as a textual and musical transition to the major mode in which the … Portuguese qiddush is similar to the one sung in Moroccan Jewish urban centers and is a further testimony of the links … between the Moroccan and the Western Sephardi liturgical music traditions. … The Western Sephardi Liturgical …
Kamti lehallel leshem hael hanikhbad
… Lopes Cardozo has an unusually flexible rhythm, with four musical phrases in the AABC pattern, after which the refrain … ends on the first tone. This tune may have Eastern European Jewish origins. … The Western Sephardi Liturgical Tradition …
Kol beru’e ma’ala umata
… Prof. Palache was the Parnas Presidente of the Portuguese Jewish community of Amsterdam before World War II. According … services in the Italian tradition of Padua (see: Italian Jewish Musical Traditions from the Leo Levi Collection , AMTI 0201, …
Tzur mishelo akhlanu
… the festive Sabbath eve meal, are a favorite location for musical creativity in most Jewish traditions. The Portuguese Jews in New York City …