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Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… ever since the day of the Renaissance Humanists. [1] The Hebrew chanting depends on the text, and is determined by … for other reasons, within individual communities and denominations. [26] … in both sections as one of the main sources for the modern musicological use of the term. Dalia Cohen (2006, …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… The text draws from poetic formulae common in early Zionist Hebrew poetry. In Zionist songbooks and collections from the … obscurity and are only known to experts in the history of modern Hebrew song. Na’aleh L’artzeinu is only dimly … collection of Yemenite songs. There are a few possible explanations for this apparently incorrect attribution. One is …
Haint Iz Purim, Brider, Part II
… repertoires were constructed by diverse agents in the modern period. One of the recordings of this song that we … of the Jacob Michael Collection of Jewish Music at the National Sound Archives of the Israel National Library, a … includes therefore the stanza before the last (on the Hebrew letter “shin”), the last one (on the letter “tav”) …
Haynt Iz Purim, Brider
… Coopersmith Hebrew version 1942: … at Beth Hatefutsoth and transferred to the Sound Archive, National Library of Israel, ZP 00024 (078), no. 4. … 'Haynt … studying them shows the complex process through which modern favorites in the Jewish repertoire were constructed …
Vemen vestu zingen, vemen? Leibu Levin Performs in Yiddish
… professional evaluation,” wrote back in 1984 the internationally renowned Yiddish singer Nechama Lifshitz in a … and translation of all the texts into English, Hebrew and Russian as well as biographical information about … … Archival recordings … Bukovina … Historical recordings … Modern Yiddish stage … Non-religious Yiddish music … USSR … …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… circulates virally in diverse variants, dosages and combinations ad nauseam . [1] These writings and their … It also exemplifies the elusiveness of the symbols of modern nation-states. From the outset, we note that this is … Eliyahu Hacohen, the ultimate connoisseur of the Israeli Hebrew song, who wrote one of the most authoritative studies …
Karev Yom
… him if the interview should be carried out in English or Hebrew. With a distinctive “sabra” accent and in his … deep baritone voice, Bikel reprimanded Gazit in highbrow modern Hebrew by saying that “the Hebrew language is still … of Israeli and other Jewish folksongs made for the international market after World War II. The Song of the Month is …
The Jerusalem-Sephardic Tradition
… communities in Israel and in the Diaspora, is a combination of two main musical layers: the layer of the old … the 20 th century and still exists today. Two central, modern figures in this tradition, that is, composers of … the 20 th century in Jerusalem and is a combination of the Hebrew language, which forms the base of prayers and …
Ehad mi Yodea - Its sources, variations, and parodies
… apparently for the first time, as a manuscript addition (Hebrew and Yiddish) to a copy of the Ashkenazi haggadah printed in Prague in 1526/7 found at the National Library of Israel . It appeared in print for the … H asidim and the Lubavitcher Rebbe singing “Ekh ti zimliak” Modern composer, pedagogue and scholar, Andre Hajdu , …
Hag Purim – The story behind its melody
… … Emrich Deutsch, recorded by Judit Frigyesi, 14.7.1981, National Sound Archives, Yc 2332. … As Purim, “the Jewish … was previously set to a variety of religious poems in Hebrew and Yiddish. It was also featured in many … rash'). In his article about the Hassidic niggun in the modern Hebrew song repertory, Yaacov Mazor mentions the same …