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Sharon Bernstein

… poems, solo and choral settings of traditional texts and liturgy, and children’s songs on Jewish themes. Her …

… the Jewish theater, and—perhaps most enduringly—the liturgy of the synagogue. While I believe these external … songs. The melodies of the Jews, the ancient ones from the liturgy and the new ones from family, social, and folk life, … The influences of ancient Jewish melodies on Christian liturgy by way of copying the antiphony in the Gregorian …

Pesah Bat Qol Yishama’

… became familiar with such a rare text from the Ashkenazi liturgy. … Sidor Belarsky with choir, accompanied by … … 49334 … Sometimes, obscure sections of the Jewish liturgy are set to popular tunes, becoming independent … shir shoreruhu,” a piyyut added to the main text of the liturgy, in this case to the benediction ma’ariv ‘aravim …

One of the "Persian Letters" of Edith Gershon-Kiwi

Edith Gerson-Kiwi in Tehran (1961): Documents from a Revealing Journey

… and correspondence. On 9 April 1961, she recorded Meshedi liturgy at the Meshed Synagogue in Tehran (Ge’ulah … 4/4 – 20/4, 1961 [8] - 1st Session 9.4.61 : Meshedi Liturgy, made in the interior of Meshed-Synagogue in Teheran … (B.B.C.) on his Nagra - 3rd Session 15.4.61 Shiraz Liturgy: recorded in Shiraz Chazzan: Aziz Zarifenad - …

"Evolution of Jewish Music": Discourse Communities and Narrative Construction in the Performance of Music History

… “Asher Bara,” a song with text from the Jewish wedding liturgy here set as a contrafactum of Men at Work’s 1981 hit … messiah. Next, we hear “Birchot Havdalah,” a setting of the liturgy that ends the Sabbath on Saturday night, composed by … She’amda,” a setting of a text from the Passover seder liturgy released by the American-Israeli haredi musician …