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Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… Yiẓḥak , or ‘Akedah ) has assumed an important function in Jewish religion and culture since Antiquity. This renowned … accorded the Binding of Isaac a significant role in pre-modern times (Katz 2008). A Yiddish prose adaptation of the … century and relied instead on oral transmission of their musical traditions. [15] The only implicit written records …
A.Z. Idelsohn: A Pioneer in Jewish Ethnomusicology
… of the twentieth century, the study and research of Jewish music was motivated by the belief that the music of biblical … it to its former glory became the task which started the modern search after the true and most ancient sources of …
Unintentional History: Musical Moments in 1930s Yiddish Films
… Adler has shown in a lifetime of work, the history of Jewish music is really a set of complex, interlocking histories. … and repertoires in an attempt to entertain a fickle, modernizing, even assimilating public. The cameraman who …
Between Tradition and Modernity
… Between Tradition and Modernity: The High Holy Days Melodies of Minhag Ashkenaz … Maier Levi of Esslingen is volume 12 of the JMRC's Yuval Music Series. The new production comprises 179 liturgical … times as well as of the entire Southern German liturgical Jewish tradition round out the 470 pages of this book, …
The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… of the Land of Israel (1882-1946) . … Not all traditional Jewish holiday songs have survived in their original … and its documentation are therefore formidable. However, musical renditions of the piyyut are rather rare and will be … liner notes Mazor writes: “One of the oldest songs in the [modern] Hebrew repertoire. The author's name, Shlomo, is …
“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… wars and vicissitudes in Spain that greatly affected the Jewish communities there. In 1140 Ibn Ezra immigrated to … from B’nai Jeshrun: http://www.bj.org/spiritual-life/music-of-bj/invitation-to-piyyut-na/el-eliyahu/ Literary … book “Elef zemer ve-‘od zemer,” a practical collection of modern and old Hebrew songs intended for Israeli singing …
Four Melodies for Four Questions
… about the 'Traditional' Israeli Melody for Mah Nishtanah Jewish music research rarely considers the Jewish home as a … the character of the texts included in this compilation. As modernity made its inroads into Jewish homes, more metric …
Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… Composer Deborah Lynn Friedman (1951-2011) was an American Jewish singer-songwriter, whose compositions played an … role in dramatically shifting the aesthetics of liturgical music in the liberal Jewish movements of North America. … cry”—an octave leap at the opening of a melody—appears in modern Hebrew compositions in which the singing subject …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… of the opening stanza, is the refrain (the same words and music are repeated) and x, the last line of the rest of the … we can reconstruct with a certain degree of accuracy how Jewish liturgical practices evolved prior to the invention … Of course his terminology is a bit uncomfortable to post-modern ears. Categories of authentic and ethnic musical …
Assaf Shelleg
… Musicologist Assaf Shelleg (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) studies modern and contemporary musics with a particular interest in … about Jews. Shelleg is the author of the award-winning book Jewish Contiguities and the Soundtrack of Israeli History …