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Purim, Purim, Purim lanu
… Images: Musical Transcription Transcription done by Abraham Zvi … to serve as hazzan (cantor) of the flourishing Portuguese Jewish community. In this city, he taught the Oriental Sephardi liturgical tradition of his native Saloniki. In 1628, he published the …
Prayer for the state
… for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.” The Jewish Oral Law, the Mishnah, carried on the same idea: … first section includes poetic devices that are rare in the traditional Hebrew prayers of antiquity, such as a large … prayer posed a dilemma for synagogue cantors regarding its musical performance. Since the Eastern Ashkenazi cantorial …
Selihot according to Siftei renanot
… Rabbi Micha Assis … As the High Holidays approach, the Jewish Music Research Centre dedicates the Song of the Month … are extracted from a presentation titled “Islands of Musical Memory: Lucena (Spain, 11th century)-Djerba and … its own textual compilation. However, the core of all the traditions is the recitation of the Thirteen Attributes of …
Piyyutim for the High Holidays
… of three, three and six syllables respectively. This traditional melody in makam U'ak is widespread among … singing other liturgical texts. The melody consists of two musical phrases repeated according to the aaba scheme. … Judeo-Spanish speaking Jews. The old traditional Ottoman Jewish community ruled by rabbinical authority was shattered …
Hanukkah Blessings
… Blessings while lighting the candles is a well-established Jewish family practice that is usually performed by the head of the household according to traditional patterns. Yet, when the lighting of the candles occurred in community contexts, special musical settings were arranged. Our Song of the Month …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… Born in Hungary, Pressburg (Bratislava) Tradition. Self recording, 1960's. NSA Y6814. … Frankfurt … of digital resources have enhanced the study of the Jewish liturgy helping us to make more accurate assessments … development against the background of the various Ashkenazi musical cultures. The Ashkenazi tradition of this pizmon …
Ner Haviv, Ner Na'eh
… the identification of texts’ author and an additional musical version, very different from the one we released … the light of the candle'). The song is an example of the traditional genre of popular poems which address the hope … by Sh. Shalom reveals the musical abyss separating diverse Jewish sectors cohabiting in very close proximity in …
Cantar de las Flores
… 736 … To view the song's lyrics, click here . In the Ladino tradition, the copla is a unique Jewish genre, as opposed to the romance. The majority of the … the ten verses of the textual stanza into three identical musical strophes, each strophe consisting of four musical …
Bin Tavinu Liqnot Bina Ha'azinu
… period after the expulsion from Spain. Najara followed the tradition of writing new piyyutim according to models of … of these songs appear at the title of the piyyut. These musical codes, which probably had a clear meaning at the … the rapid spread of his songs all across the Mediterranean Jewish world, the local singers, unable to figure out what …
Musical Traditions of the Ethiopian Jews
… documenting and studying the diverse religious and secular musical repertoires of Ethiopian Jews. The present page … has been the Laboratoire de Langues et Civilisations a Tradition Orale (LACITO) of the CNRS, Ethnomusicology … collecting and analyzing the liturgical heritage of this Jewish community would lead to its preservation and to …