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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 narrative describes how the first Jewish family (Abraham, Sarah and Isaac) came close to … in Jewish lore and its prominent role in Ashkenazi sacred poetry, the meagre research concerning the melody to which …
Melody and Poetry in the “Kuzari” (Hebrew)
… the uses of the various terms in other Arabic and Jewish-Arabic sources, the following interpretation is … … Texts … Meter … Yehuda Halevy … Hebrew cantillation … Jewish poetry … Poetry … Melody and Poetry in the “Kuzari” (Hebrew) …
Paradigms of Arabic Modes in the Genizah Fragment Cambridge T.S. N.S. 90,4
… family life, education, public affairs, commerce, medicine, poetry and learned studies in the Jewish community of old Cairo (Fostat) and other towns of … … Medieval … Middle Ages … Cairo Genizah … Geniza … Egypt … Jewish History … Manuscripts … Modes … Arabic modes … …
Yemenite Qasīd Songs (Hebrew)
… Besides the types of Jewish poetry in Yemen - nasid, sirah, zaffeh, haduyo and hallel … folk poets. The subjects are amusing tales from the Jewish lore, such as the Creation, Adam and Eve in the …
Rabbi Meir Eleazar Atiya
… The Jewish Music Research Centre of the Hebrew University of … single-handedly maintained and kept alive the Moroccan Jewish singing tradition in Israel against all odds. He was … Jewry’s foremost paytan , an expert in the religious poetry sung as part of the liturgy, in paraliturgical events …
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 borderline between medieval secular and sacred poetry characteristic of the Andalusian Sephardic milieu. …
Arba Otiyot
… This CD is dedicated to piyutim (sung sacred poetry) of the Jews of the Tafilalt (Berb. Tāfīlālt) region, … piyutim by other authors, which are related to the Moroccan Jewish tradition. The concept and performance of this … … 1 … 1 … 7 … 38843 … 64 … Jerusalem, Israel … Jewish Music Research Centre/The Ben-Zvi Institute/NaNa Disk …
“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… the last great poets of the Spanish 'Golden Age' of Hebrew poetry. Ibn Ezra was born in Tudela, Spain in 1089 and died … wars and vicissitudes in Spain that greatly affected the Jewish communities there. In 1140 Ibn Ezra immigrated to … poetry, research on Hebrew grammar, writings concerning Jewish thought (including philosophy and various scientific …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… draws from poetic formulae common in early Zionist Hebrew poetry. In Zionist songbooks and collections from the first … library at the New York campus of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, was “Six Songs from the Jewish Homeland, Arranged for Mixed Voices.” [2] This …
Haint Iz Purim, Brider, Part II
… song, reflecting once again the intricate ways in which Jewish repertoires were constructed by diverse agents in the … The recordings’ section of the Jacob Michael Collection of Jewish Music at the National Sound Archives of the Israel … the popular Hassidic niggun used as a setting for Kipnis' poetry. In addition to those suggested at the time by Yaakov …