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Judeo-Spanish Traditions in Transition
… Program) Chair: Karen Gerson Sarhon Susana Weich-Shahak, Jewish Music Research Centre, Hebrew University of Jerusalem … of collecting and broadcasting, a multitude of melodies and texts were passed on from individuals to the whole subgroup … their access to the internet, and there is a state-run Jewish museum in Belmonte. As they interact much more with …
Between Israeli and Jewish in Music
… Between Israeli and Jewish in Music Chair: Jehoash Hirshberg Olivier Tourny, … Over the past two decades, the Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jewish) Community has immigrated massively to Israel. It is … Kopytman, October Sun and Scattered Rhymes (both based on texts by Yehuda Amichai) express ambivalence so typical of …
The Singing of Zemiroth Shabbath among Religious-Zionist Ashkenazim in Israel
… The Fifteenth World Congress Of Jewish Studies Jerusalem Session: Ashkenazi traditions: the … These melodies, some of which were settings of Zemiroth texts, played an important role in the shaping of the …
“Beyond All This Hides a Great Happiness”: Israeliness and Jewishness in the work of Mark Kopitman
… The Fifteenth World Congress Of Jewish Studies Jerusalem Session: Between Israeli and Jewish in Music 5.8.09 Chair: Yehoash Hirshberg Summary: Two … Kopytman, October Sun and Scattered Rhymes (both based on texts by Yehuda Amichai) express ambivalence so typical of …
Yiddish Folk Songs from Galicia
… and holidays 186-187: Miscellaneous songs Notes to the texts and to the melodies … 81, 99 … 81 … 10 … 34259 … Jerualem … Institute of Jewish Studies, Folklore Research Center, the Hebrew …
Adon Olam
… that this hymn dates back much further to the Babylonian Jewish community. In the Sephardi tradition, an additional … a popular hymn and is sung in many Para-liturgical contexts. In the Moroccan tradition, Adon Olam is sung at … of musical settings for this hymn, including melodies from Jewish and secular sources. In some communities Adon Olam is …
Akedah
… act, and replaces Isaac with a ram for sacrifice. In the Jewish tradition, Akedat Izthak is used as a symbol for … References to this narrative can be found in the religious texts and secular literature of Jewish communities around the world. … Akedah …
Cleaving tune (Niggun Dvekut)
… ascribe an aura of holiness to those tunes that are sung to texts holding mystical connotations, such as the Kabbalistic …
Zemirot
… comprising an ever expanding body of folk material.' The texts of the Zemirot describe the joys and rewards of … and leaned heavily on Liturgical modes and formulae. 2. Non-Jewish folk tunes served as the music for the Zemirot texts; … Bohemian, Hungarian and Polish secular songs and dances. 3. Jewish melodies either newly composed or already in use in …
Diwan
… written by Sephardi authors. When the poems of the great Jewish-Yemenite poet Shalem Shabazi began to appear, these texts became the chief component of the Diwan. The Diwan …