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In The Land Of The Pyramids: A Secular Take On Passover
… it has not been located, thus far, independent of the lyrics of “Piramidn” in any folk tune collection. The agency … can survive again and again against all historical odds. Lyrics The original song by David Edelstadt “Yetsiyes …
El Incendio de Saloniki: The Song of the Fire
… A passage by Weich-Shahak contextualizes portions of the lyrics within a summary of the fire: “The fire started in a …
The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… characteristic of the Andalusian Sephardic milieu. The lyrics cover an apparently earthly topic, but do so with … it does not appear in the earliest manuscript version. The lyrics of Kikhlot yeini tell a story, as follows: a friend …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… can all be located in traditional liturgical poems and the lyrics, like many of the songs in Binder’s book, would sound … . There is, however, an alternative set of Hebrew lyrics for this same melody, “Am’cha Yisrael Yibaneh,” that … led me to begin my study of Na’aleh L’artzeinu. The Yiddish lyrics of this song are deeply religious in nature and talk …
Haynt Iz Purim, Brider
… for money at the end of a traditional Purimshpil with lyrics such as ‘Haynt iz purim, morgn iz oys, git undz a por …
Qad Zawajunī - Here I Was Wed
… role in society. This theme is also expressed through the lyrics, which are structured with a recurring contrast …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… by then [1888?] as Carul cu Boi (Wagon and Oxen)” and “the lyrics [of Carul cu Boi ] had been applied at some point [to … performed on that occasion was published. It opens with the lyrics to the Greek anthem and ends with Hatikvah , a … rarely as plainly visible as in the case of ‘Hatikvah,’ the lyrics of which…speak of a movement forward and Eastward …
A Gneyve - A Yiddish Song of Theft and Poverty
… being the names of a second version with slightly different lyrics and a completely different melody. 'A Gneyve' is part … (example 2). Here, however, there is a slight change in the lyrics. In the versions discussed above, the narrator … recording of 'A Gneyve' brings the turmoil in the lyrics to life. The recording opens with an instrumental …
Hag Purim – The story behind its melody
… 1962, p. 168, no. 114. Example 6 “Sabbathlichter” (lyrics: S. Rosenblum, music (!): J. Engel), Juedische … in the early 1920s, was set by the poet Levin Kipnis to the lyrics of his song “ H ag Purim” (The Purim Festival). This … 1 As it happens to most folk songs, the first line of the lyrics of “ H ag Purim” has changed in the course of time. …