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Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… role in dramatically shifting the aesthetics of liturgical music in the liberal Jewish movements of North America. … career began in the 1960s, developing out of the folk music and communal singing tradition of Jewish summer camps. … The Lion King (1994). These films were milestones in the history of popular music in feature animated films. Alan …
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 … Shofet kol ha’aretz.” This is the earliest mention of the music of our poem, and obviously it indicates that in the … , 1906, vol. 11, p. 306. Edwin Seroussi. “Toward a history of Jewish oral traditions: The singing of the prayer …
Assaf Shelleg
… Musicologist Assaf Shelleg (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) studies modern and contemporary musics with a particular interest in art music written by … book Jewish Contiguities and the Soundtrack of Israeli History (Oxford University Press, 2014), in addition to …
Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… and below each word. However, the chant also has clear musical features, with a variety of scales, motives, … In the present paper, I will provide a new perspective on musical features of Jewish cantillation in the Eastern … The recording is from online resources associated with the “History of the American Cantorate” project (Slobin 1984–86). …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… into obscurity and are only known to experts in the history of modern Hebrew song. Na’aleh L’artzeinu is only … Folk Songs,” it is important to explore first the history of this publication and its author. Though Binder is … remembered for his contributions to the liturgical music of American Reform Judaism and his work on Biblical …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… legislative design. Because of the “folk” origins of its music and the re-writing of Naftali Herz Imber’s poem … circumstances in which Imber’s poem was shaped and the musical contrafactum (adaption of a preexisting melody to a … sons of Rishon le-Tziyyon perceived in this song their own history, and sang it with great pride [here the song is …
Karev Yom
… The interview was held at the initiative of the Israeli music connoisseur and collector Dudi Patimer. Speaking live … and movie actor, entertainer, and folk song revivalist. Music reviewers stresses his Yiddish or international … by Joshua Kulp from The Schechter Haggadah: Art, History and Commentary (Jerusalem, 2009): Draw near the day …
Arbie Orenstein
… raised in New York City, he attended the High School of Music and Art, Queens College, and the Graduate School of Columbia University, where he received a Ph.D. in musicology. He was professor of music at the Aaron … he has taught for 45 years, focusing on European music history and Jewish music. Arbie Orenstein is the author of …
Chosen voices: the story of the American cantorate.
… An overview of the history and ethnography of the American cantorial practces … (cantors) and the institutions of training. also discusses musical aspects of the repertoire. … 1 … 33938 … … Mark …
Ehad mi Yodea - Its sources, variations, and parodies
… substantial scholarship on this subject, will focus on the history of this song within the haggadah , the question of … focusing on changes introduced to the text and the music within different historical contexts and local Jewish … version has become a popular song among Yiddish and klezmer musicians over the past few decades. Performers and adapters …