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Gesture, Dance and Melody in Traditional Ashkenazi Culture
… The Fifteenth World Congress Of Jewish Studies Jerusalem Session: Ashkenazi traditions: the Synagogue and Beyond, 3.8.09 Chair: Amalia … expressive dance movement can be correlated to a number of musical parameters involving melodic density, rhythmic …
Contemporary Jewish Music: A New Series of the JMRC (2009)
… Contemporary Jewish Music: A New Series of the JMRC With the release of … character of its CD releases (Anthology of Music Traditions from Israel) moving into the field of … the music of the Roma while in Europe, Hajdu focused on the musical traditions of the Eastern European Hassidim residing …
Adon Olam
… that this hymn dates back much further to the Babylonian Jewish community. In the Sephardi tradition, an additional … closes the evening service on Shabbat eve, and in both traditions, it is recited as part of the Kol Nidre service … someone on their deathbed. There is a wide range of musical settings for this hymn, including melodies from …
Zemirot
… which are sung during and directly after Sabbath meals. The musical versions are numerous and heterogeneous reflecting a … is diverse and eclectic. Within the Ashkenazic musical traditions one can point to a few types of melodies: 1. … and leaned heavily on Liturgical modes and formulae. 2. Non-Jewish folk tunes served as the music for the Zemirot texts; …
Tenu'a (yd. pronunciation: tnue, tnie)
… hard to define. In most cases, the term refers to a short musical unit, fragment, or snippet, with characteristics that are difficult to define by known musical terms. Generally, but not always, it is to be … , and Nusah . [1] Information about Tenu'a through oral traditions relates to only five dynasties: Vishnits, Koson, …
Baqqashah (Pl. Baqqashot)
… (petition) is a religious practice maintained by several Jewish communities. It consists of gatherings that occur … in that the piyyutim are arranged according to the maqamat (musical modes) in use in the court music of the Ottoman … century until now, led to the crystallization of liturgical traditions and piyyut performances that conform to this …
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 … Song, published in 1922, and is dedicated to the musical traditions of the Persian, Bukharian and Daghestani Jews. … …
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
… singing other liturgical texts. The melody consists of two musical phrases repeated according to the aaba scheme. … … From the upcoming release of JMRC's-Anthology of Musical Traditions in Israel: The Historical Recordings of Haim … Judeo-Spanish speaking Jews. The old traditional Ottoman Jewish community ruled by rabbinical authority was shattered …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… 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 … and by intertwining Sephardic and Ashkenazi liturgical traditions into a single. In this sense, he reflects his …