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Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… century and relied instead on oral transmission of their musical traditions. [15] The only implicit written records … Such remarks provide little information concerning the music itself, yet they offer valuable insights for the … This question touches upon an important matter – the history of Jewish worship – which seems to have changed over …
The Music of Kurdistan Jews - a Synopsis of their Musical Styles
… of thought in sciences or arts. Its more recent political history has demonstrated the inevitable results of … including a strong tendency towards linguistic as well as musical dialect formation. It is only natural that the musical traditions of Kurdistan Jews should also have been …
Robert Lachmann: His Achievement and His Legacy
… Two memorable anniversaries in the history of Ethnomusicology occurred in 1972: the ninetieth … and means, both scholars became the founders of Comparative Musicology in Israel for both the Jewish and the Arab …
A Jewish Sufi on the Influence of Music
… authors during the mediaeval period on the subject of music, a fair deal of information concerning attitudes … with the 'ethical' and therapeutic properties ascribed to music. The highly interesting ethical treatise … 23205 … Treatise … Moral treatise … Music research … Music history … Jewish music … Jewish music research … A Jewish …
The Musical Passage in Ibn Ezra's "Book of the Garden"
… born in 1055 in Granada and died after 1135. He refers to music in many of his poems, mainly those describing … wine-drinking sessions; he also deals with the theory of music in two of his books: the book on poetic art, Kitab … theory … Compositions … Medieval … Middle Ages … Music history … The Musical Passage in Ibn Ezra's "Book of the …
The Magical and Theurgic Interpretation of Music in Jewish Sources from the Renaissance to Hassidism (Hebrew)
… long series of Jewish texts containing a new evaluation of music as a means of power. This attitude emerges among … Writers like Johanan Allemanno and Isaac Abrabanel describe music in magical terms: by singing and playing one can … Tov, the founder of Hassidism. … Hasidim … 23257 … Music history … Kabbalah … Jewish texts … Music theory … Power of …
Exemplification and the Limits of “Correctness”: The Implicit Methodology of Idelsohn’s "Thesaurus"
… of a great pioneer in the systematic study of Jewish music would constitute a statement about which history has already given its verdict. Indeed, in the … to state that Idelsohn's work has hardly an equal in musicological and ethnomusicological studies insofar …
A.Z. Idelsohn and the Study of the Traditional Pronunciations of Hebrew (Hebrew)
… well-known for his pioneering work in the field of Hebrew musicology, primarily for his recording and research of the music of the various Jewish ethnic groups, presented to the … his pioneering work has its distinct place in the research history of the Hebrew language. … 23481 … Idelsohn A.Z. … …
Vom liturgischen Sprechgesang zur autonomen Musiksprache: Stationen der Entwicklung yon abendlandischer Notenschrift und Musikgeschichte
… war der grö ß te Musiker der vorchristlichen Ara. … 23113 … Music history … Europe … Notation … Methodology … Early Music History … Historiography … Documentation … Vom …
Salamone Rossi as a Composer of "Hebrew" Music
… viz., 'The Songs of Solomon,' marks a milestone in the history of sacred music as the first and, until the nineteenth century, … of religious works by a Jewish composer of art music. They were written for various combinations of three …