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Shema' qoli
A famous baqqashah composed by R. Hai Gaon (d. 1038), one of the undisputed leaders of…
'Et sha'are ratzon
… sung by Rev. Lopes Cardozo is similar to the one from London, written down by Aguilar and De Sola ( 1857: 29-30, …
Lekh le-shalom geshem
… the summer season. This ancient melody from Amsterdam and London bears a similarity with the opening of the Israeli …
Hallelu et adonay kol goyim (2)
This is another melody for hallel, used for the Festival of the Tabernacles (Succoth),…
Alekhem 'eda qedoshah
The qinnot (dirges) for the Ninth of Av, the Hebrew date marking the destruction of the…
Qumi ve-sifdi torah
Another qinnah performed before the reading of the Torah on the Ninth of Av. The melody…
Berukhim atem qehal emmunai
An old Sephardi piyyut for circumcision, it is sung by the congregation as the child to…
A Recovered Voice from the Past
… delivered lectures in Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris, Vienna and London. In the end, he traveled to New York. In America, he …
Idelsohn’s trilingual autobiography and Yiska Idelsohn’s oral memoire
… in his choir and also enrolled in the conservatory there. London autumn 1900 English version: After a few months I decided to proceed to London, according to my brother-in-law’s advice. Reaching London, I was advised to see several choir-leaders, but did …
The Spanish-Portuguese Jewish Liturgy
… as it was maintained in the synagogues of Amsterdam, London and New York is presented and analyzed for the first …