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Plurivocality in the Liturgical Music of the Jews of San‘a (Yemen)
… Musicologists today agree that the traditional music of the Yemenite Jews has unique stylistic … characteristics. These characteristics are found in the musical existence of certain specific musical elements … a main concern in the ethnomusicological studies of this Jewish tradition. Indeed, several scholars have striven - …
Inventing Jewish Music
… It was 1848, and the music of central Europe's Jewish communities was in a state of chaos. In the cities, … within Jewish society and challenged from without. Traditional music, once a symbol of Jewish identity and an … seemed as if it was falling into decay while the musical life of Jews continued to disintegrate. The year …
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 … Temple in Jerusalem) constitutes one of the most ancient musical repositories in the Sephardi liturgy. Of particular … prayer book which includes the prayers for the four traditional fast days. The book is usually entitled Seder …
The Training of Hazzanim in Nineteenth-Century Germany
… had little effect on the basic oral nature of the tradition and the learning process. This oral … one generation to the next, from a hazzan skilled in the musical tradition to a young novice eager to learn, still … … 9613 … 19th (Nineteenth) Century … 19th century jewish history … Jewish Culture Germany … Hazzanut … …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… Yiẓḥak , or ‘Akedah ) has assumed an important function in Jewish religion and culture since Antiquity. This renowned … century and relied instead on oral transmission of their musical traditions. [15] The only implicit written records of …
Moshe Attias
… The Jewish Music Research Centre announces with sadness the … his rich repertoire. Mwijo, following the long-standing tradition of Moroccan Jewish musicians keeping their cards … was, above all, a “hidden treasure” within the Israeli musical scene. Unlike most of his contemporary Moroccan …
Nuestro Señor Eloheinu/Las tablas de la Ley: A Song for Shavuot
… in sections according to the different Turkish makam s (musical modes), titled Shirei Israel be-eretz ha-qedem … Turkish style, the Maftirim have maintained their oral tradition of choral singing until the present day. As a … connected to the performance practices of the local Jewish-Portuguese community. To the contrary, Salomon’s …
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… seaboard. With me, I carry a treasure, a piece of lost musical history, or so I believe. Saved on my mobile phone … made my way up to AMAR to search for historical records of Jewish musicians from Aleppo, the city which, for a long … Shelemay 1998). “ Yom Yom Odeh ” is an example of that tradition. Figure 1. Photograph of the famous record's …
The Fall of Jerusalem in Song: The Ashkenazi Melody She’eh ne’esar
… Sound example 2: She'eh ne'esar, Strasbourg tradition, Michel Heymann, NLI, Y 5913 … Sound example 3: … Hebrew Hymn Melodies : The Rise and development of a Musical Tradition (Tel Aviv, 1970), Hanoch Avenary set a new … in Hebrew) for the Seventeenth of Tammuz, a fast day in Jewish tradition marking the breach of Jerusalem’s …
The Edith Gerson-Kiwi Legacy
… para-liturgical and non-religious music of the non-European Jewish communities whose members relocated to Israel after … the preservation and research of these distinctive Jewish musical repertoires. Her activities led to the … insight into the transfer of the German-Jewish educational tradition to Palestine / Israel. They also highlight the …