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Idelsohn's Obituary of Abraham Goldfaden
… , Idelsohn projected into this text his own vision of Jewish history and destiny as well as his take on prophecy … seems to animate his writing. Written in a convoluted modern Hebrew prose, Idelsohn uses new Hebrew words coined … his own Gesamtkunstwerk, ‘Yiftah’, as ‘hizzayon negini’ (musical play). Modern Hebrew writers embraced the biblical …
A Liturgy within the Liturgy: The German Torah Service in Past and Present
… für Musik, Theater und Medien in Hannover (HMTMH) And the Jewish Music Research Centre, The Hebrew University of … Torah service illuminates less-studied aspects of Jewish modernity. Changing patterns of socialization within …
1. Los árboles de almendra (Jacob Algava)
… of this cantiga . It became extremely popular in the modern Ladino repertoire after it appeared in the first … of this song in 1922 (Orfeon 13125, see Bresler ). In most modern popularized versions, the last line of the second … , no. 37; Attias 1972 , no. 80; Hemsi 1995 , no. 92). The music is inspired by the Greek folk song Σε ωραίο περιβóλι …
12. Las horas de la vida (CES)
… in the composition and dissemination of this most famous modern Sephardic song that he may have heard from Spanish … - Ladino … Ladino Songs … Ottoman Empire … Sephardi music … Salonica … Saloniki … Thessaloniki … Eastern …
13. Los árboles llorosos (CES)
… it also became one of the most widespread items of the modern Sephardic repertoire and discography. None of the … refrain appears on December 15, 1940 in Jevrejski Glas, a Jewish newspaper published in Sarajevo ( Elazar 1987 , p. … - Ladino … Ladino Songs … Ottoman Empire … Sephardi music … Salonica … Saloniki … Thessaloniki … Eastern …
14. El nacimiento y la vocación de Abraham (CES)
… Nimrod,” is likely the most widespread Ladino song in the modern discography. It has a distinctive melody and refrain … In this recording, the singers repeat stanzas 1-3 and the musicians add an instrumental postlude to complete the side … - Ladino … Ladino Songs … Ottoman Empire … Sephardi music … Salonica … Saloniki … Thessaloniki … Eastern …
15. Cinco años ya va hacer (CES)
… which appears to indicate that the song was of rather modern creation and circulated among “professional” singers. … www.pizmonim.org. The recording by CES is, on the surface, musically different from the melody notated by Levy and … orally in the piyyut tradition. However, a closer musical analysis reveals that there are some structural and …
18. La hermosa durmiente (CES)
… line appearing on the label of this recording that led many modern performers to categorize this song as a lullaby. This … also Attias 1972, no. 15; Kalyviotis 2015 , p. 115). The musical rendition of the CES is unique in that in every … - Ladino … Ladino Songs … Ottoman Empire … Sephardi music … Salonica … Saloniki … Thessaloniki … Eastern …
19. El guitarrista + La firmeza de las estrellas + El enamorado engañado (CES)
… This selection of three modern Spanish couplets (see Pedrosa 2008 ) is one of the most outstanding examples of the exposure of Sephardic musicians to the late-nineteenth century flamenco … recordings of these couplets, most of them relying on the musical transcriptions of Isaac Levy ( 1959-1973, vol. I, …
30. Muero de amor (CES)
… style and topic (ardent, overt love) underscores its rather modern origins. Muero, muero d’amor. Por que sufro dolor, … - Ladino … Ladino Songs … Ottoman Empire … Sephardic music … Salonica … Saloniki … Thessaloniki … Eastern …