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Kedusha
A responsorial prayer segment from the third benediction of Hazarat Hashatz recited by…
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… hast du gelitten!” which has a different contour, and whose modality belongs to a later development of the major mode. … in depicting the evolution of European medieval modality, suggesting that the psalm-tones developed from …
Léibele Schwartz
Schwartz was born in Brod, Poland, on March 22, 1928 as Yehudah Leib Kirzner. He began…
Yiddish Folksong (The Music of the Yiddish Folksong)
… shared musical characteristics can be found. These include: modality on which the monophonic songs are based, musical … manner of correspondence of text and music, Ashkenazi modality, and specific rhythms. Traditional Serial Songs …

Karaite Jews Musical Tradition
Since the establishment of this community, the Karaites have maintained the basic…
A cantor’s pledge in the High Holyday’s Provençal liturgy (Minhag Carpentras)
… unstressed ones is found throughout most of this piece. The modality of the piece is major, however all verses end on a …