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Sher
… ago and that it was ‘Jewishized’ to a great extent (at least musically). A broader, more definitive statement can be … the ‘sher’ dance was even in use among Jews during the Middle Ages and moved with them over time to Eastern Europe. … and the main dance for the young people was ‘vals’... Middle-aged Jews would dance ‘balgareske,’ ‘kozatshok,’ and …
Ehad mi Yodea - Its sources, variations, and parodies
… is of Jewish origin, did it originated in Ashkenaz or in an Eastern Jewish tradition. Much of the relevant literature … Theodore Bikel who sings it in the folk-song medium, a Middle-Eastern inspired version by Frank London , and a … Philip and Otto Holzapfel. The Folk Songs of Ashkenaz . Middleton, WI: A-R Editions, 2001. Fox, Chaim Leib. “Ehad mi …
The Jerusalem-Sephardic Tradition
… become the central style among a significant portion of the Eastern communities in Israel and in the Diaspora, is a … especially during the High Holidays, and the newer layer of Middle-Eastern Arabic musical style, which was crystallized … cultural, and historical processes which occurred over the Middle-East in general and in Jerusalem in particular. The …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… and commercial recordings throughout the European, Middle Eastern and American Jewish diasporas, was a crucial … utmost case shows how widespread our song was through the Middle East. [44] Even in the present, the singing of …
Qad Zawajunī - Here I Was Wed
… varies according to community. [3] For example in the south-eastern city of Rada'a, which once housed a considerable … ceremony is practiced by Jewish communities throughout the Middle East and North Africa and, as in the case of the Yemenite …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… for such a Yiddish song. The modality is reminiscent of Middle-Eastern songs, such as the baladi songs of Syrian and … incorporate elements of Yemenite songs in combination with Eastern European motives – making this a paramount example …
Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… on musical features of Jewish cantillation in the Eastern Ashkdnazi tradition, a tradition that developed in … of Isaiah 40:27 with etnaḥta at the end and katon in the middle. The brackets show that the level-two katon phrase … musical features of each of the modes. [27] I will take a middle road: I will work with variants, but I will not focus …
Tanya Sermer
… and her Ph.D. in musicology and ethnomusicology at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. Tanya … the production of space. She plays piano, guitar, oud, and Middle Eastern percussion, and has worked as an instructor, …
Four Melodies for Four Questions
… The traditional Ashkenazi learning tune Already in the late Middle Ages Rabbi Jacob ben Moses ha-Levi Moellin … phrase, a common learning technique in religious schools in Eastern Europe. Our website includes two illuminating … passing tones, 2, 7flat and 7 that hints to a more Eastern European character. …
“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… for Motzei Shabbat. It is performed by Sephardic and Eastern (Oriental) Jews in a variety of melodies and textual … is sung only among Sephardic Jews and those from the Middle-Eastern communities. It is possible to distinguish … … Jewish … Iraq … Baghdad … Ottoman … North Africa … Middle East … Musical … Traditions … “Eli Eliyahu:” The …