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Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
… A lengthy introduction provides ample historical and musical contexts. Karnes did not spare any effort in trying … the cultural life of Jews in Latvia, with emphasis on their musical ecosystem. According to Karnes, folk songs were … of the editorial policy employed in handling the various aspects of Melngailis’s manuscript. The only unfortunate …
The Fall of Jerusalem in Song: The Ashkenazi Melody She’eh ne’esar
… Hebrew Hymn Melodies : The Rise and development of a Musical Tradition (Tel Aviv, 1970), Hanoch Avenary set a new … texts suggested a comprehensive method for addressing the musical aspects of Hebrew liturgical poetry from an evolutionary …
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… seaboard. With me, I carry a treasure, a piece of lost musical history, or so I believe. Saved on my mobile phone … world during the nineteenth and early twentieth century. In musical terms, the Nahda is associated with the emergence of … markers for them?” (Kopytoff 1986, 66-67). In chronicling aspects of “ Yom Yom Odeh ’s” biography, I suggest adding a …
Moshe Attias
… was, above all, a “hidden treasure” within the Israeli musical scene. Unlike most of his contemporary Moroccan … Its content is varied in terms of textual genres and musical styles. Yet, one feature remained constant, and it … Mwijo’s repertoire also reveals some of the ambivalent aspects of modern Moroccan Jewish identity. Religious zeal …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… ‘Akedah. It will assess their thematic content, formal aspects, as well as their cultural contexts and functions. … century and relied instead on oral transmission of their musical traditions. [15] The only implicit written records … Institute of Religion Another early example of such a musical instruction is found in the book of customs, …
The Music of Kurdistan Jews - a Synopsis of their Musical Styles
… 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 … the vicissitudes of history. It is certain that many aspects of their expression in speaking as in song preserve …
A Hassidic Ritual Dance: The Mitsve Tants in Jerusalemite Weddings
… and focus in particular on the structural analysis of its musical and textual aspects. … Hasidic … Hasidim … Hasidic Music … 9565 … 10112 …
Aspects of Music Culture in the Land of Israel during the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Periods: Sepphoris as a Case Study
… of music-related artifacts found, this paper examines aspects of religious/ethnic identity of the multifaceted … … Roman … Music history … Ancient music … Ancient Musical Practices … Aspects of Music Culture in the Land of Israel during the …
Soothing Lyres and epôidai: Music Therapy and the Cases of Orpheus, Empedocles and David
… in ancient Greek thought on a likeness between soul and musical harmony. This idea involves also a “harmonious” … 1963; Lambropoulou 1995–1996; Franklin 2002) from material aspects of human life to the kosmos . A strong bridge between the pre-Socratic harmonia and musical healing is built by Aristotle in his Politics …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… sung preceding and during the High Holidays. Ashkenazi musical traditions of Shofet kol ha'aretz Our previous … development against the background of the various Ashkenazi musical cultures. The Ashkenazi tradition of this pizmon … of Atonement, Morning Service, p. 86). Hanoch Avenary, “The Aspects of Time and Environment in Jewish Traditional …