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“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… one of the last great poets of the Spanish 'Golden Age' of Hebrew poetry. Ibn Ezra was born in Tudela, Spain in 1089 … Rock ( Tzur ) of Israel) who will mercilessly persecute nations that were not merciful to Israel. Stanza D: Matai … book “Elef zemer ve-‘od zemer,” a practical collection of modern and old Hebrew songs intended for Israeli singing …
The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… performance context or with their melodies of old. The Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini, which used to be performed in … of the Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts at the National Library of Israel lists thirty-three manuscripts, … liner notes Mazor writes: “One of the oldest songs in the [modern] Hebrew repertoire. The author's name, Shlomo, is …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… with the Binding of Isaac, which was sung to texts in both Hebrew and Yiddish. Many of these texts touch directly upon … accorded the Binding of Isaac a significant role in pre-modern times (Katz 2008). A Yiddish prose adaptation of the … and will be discussed below in more detail. In his explanation, Geiger also broadens the definition of ‘Akedah …
Jewish Professional Musicians in Iraq and Israel, Revisited
… worked under the direction of Prof. Amnon Shiloah of the Hebrew University, an eminent scholar of music in the … and had also laid the foundation for what became known as modern Iraqi music. Most of these musicians moved to Israel … Damascus, in tandem with new technologies of mass dissemination (78 rpm records, films, radio stations, LPs and …
In The Land Of The Pyramids: A Secular Take On Passover
… constitute Jewish music repertoires, most especially in the modern period, when new forms of expressing Jewishness … both in the Yiddish-speaking world as well as in the modern Hebrew song repertoire in the Land of Israel. I am grateful … me their resources and knowledge: Dr. Gila Flam from the National Library of Israel; Dr. Alex Hartov from the …
Moshe Attias
… such as Jo Amar and Samy Elmaghribi, who enjoyed both international recognition and popularity among the various … very remarkable feature demonstrates his resistance to the Hebrew-centered ethos of the Zionist movement and the … repertoire also reveals some of the ambivalent aspects of modern Moroccan Jewish identity. Religious zeal intertwines …
The “Jewish Baroque”: The Allure of a Modern Musical Affair
… . Birnbaum introduces in it the score of Kol haneshamah , a Hebrew piece by composer Cristiano Giuseppe Lidarti … of historical European Jewish communities. Driven by a nationalist-oriented agenda to constitute a history of … Jewish Music on August 3, 1978, which would launch the very modern phenomenon subsequently labeled the “Jewish Baroque.” …
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… mobile phone is the copy of a 78rpm record of a pizmon , a Hebrew para-liturgical hymn called “ Yom Yom Odeh ” (Every … musical history, concerns about a Jewish musician’s national authenticity, dreams about a city never seen, or my … they imply not only the dissociation of those living in the modern state of Israel from the historical landscape from …
The Fall of Jerusalem in Song: The Ashkenazi Melody She’eh ne’esar
… In his pioneer publication Hebrew Hymn Melodies : The Rise and development of a Musical … could be applied to other poems. The Ms. Heb. 7220 of the National Library of Israel (= Ms. 24 of the Jewish Community … to a rapid diffusion of Jewish liturgical melodies in the modern era. Gershon Efros in his Cantorial Anthology (vol. …
Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
… will be shown below) and are presented to the reader in a modern, annotated edition. A lengthy introduction provides … songs, it seems that the absence of a scholar familiar with Hebrew and Yiddish folk songs was detrimental to this … Leib Joffe (1897) is partially based on the Lithuanian national song Kur bėga Šešupė by the poet Maironis and …