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“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… such as the yearning for redemption, which intensifies with the coming of the Sabbath and with the departure of the additional “soul at rest,” … Like most havdalah piyyutim , “Eli Eliyahu” is concerned with the coming of Elijah the Prophet and the redemption of …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… In many ways, this song is unremarkable. It stays firmly within a normative minor key and consists of two distinctive … 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 …
Haynt Iz Purim, Brider
… appeal for money at the end of a traditional Purimshpil with lyrics such as ‘Haynt iz purim, morgn iz oys, git undz a por … his colleagues attempted to provide modern Jewish families with educational songs for all the holidays. However, the …
Qad Zawajunī - Here I Was Wed
… events as well as during events and ceremonies associated with the life cycle. However, the strictness of this … spiritual world of the individual and one's relationship with God, themes that are attributed mainly to Jewish men's … role in society. This theme is also expressed through the lyrics, which are structured with a recurring contrast …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… and music appreciation expert Astrith Baltsan published (with two CDs) by the Ministry of Education of Israel in … 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 …
A Gneyve - A Yiddish Song of Theft and Poverty
… as well as “Oy Gevalt a Ganev” and “Khapt Im Nemt Im,” with the latter two 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 …
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 … in other Eastern European Jewish sources), a third part with new musical material, and a return to the second part …
Sher
… Jewish weddings, among them some which were very precise, with many details, for example, the wedding description in … that in earlier centuries women did indeed dance together with men; however, it is never indicated what sort of dances … of the old Polish national dances, the Polonaise. As far as lyrics go, they are part of a longer song actually sung by …
Polonaise
… “I went to Odessa on the Moldavanke, I danced a polonaise/with a charlatan!] [Podalia, pre-World War II]. Cahan 1957, … sources. In most cases the dance’s accompaniment was with a Polonaise (Polish dance in 3/4 in a festive step...) … of the old Polish national dances, the Polonaise. As far as lyrics go, they are part of a longer song actually sung by …
La Gallarda matadora
… in the Iberian Peninsula and are at times associated with one another. In today's global 'world music' scene, … medieval Romance languages from the Iberian Peninsula along with vocabulary, morphological and phonological features … from the Greek song Nas Balamo that was set to Spanish lyrics for the soundtrack of the movie Vengo (2000, dir. …