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The Jewish Bloch
… Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance Bloch's Jewish-Hebrew musical narrative of Jewish Cycle and the late phase of … generated 'nation-portraits' in view of the music-cum-culture-oriented commentators. Such a cultural discourse …
Gesture, Dance and Melody in Traditional Ashkenazi Culture
… expressive dance movement can be correlated to a number of musical parameters involving melodic density, rhythmic structure, musical development and tempo. … 15 … Jerusalem … … 2009 … … … Gesture, Dance and Melody in Traditional Ashkenazi Culture …
In Which Direction Do Hebrews Play Music?: Abraham Zvi Idelsohn and the Musical Aesthetics of Zionism
… history of cultural Zionism and the formation of Israeli culture. Scholars of Hebrew literature have focused … in his self-conscious search for an authentic national musical aesthetic. Put differently, how and why did Idelsohn … decide in which direction Hebrew music should read on the musical stave—left to right or right to left? And what do …
Baqqashah (Pl. Baqqashot)
… in that the piyyutim are arranged according to the maqamat (musical modes) in use in the court music of the Ottoman … required his piyyutim to be sung are borrowed from the musical culture of the Sephardi Jews of Spain (tunes of …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… development against the background of the various Ashkenazi musical cultures. The Ashkenazi tradition of this pizmon comprises … this style. The melody itself is not based on a universal musical language like pentatonics, but uses a strongly …
Piyyutim for the High Holidays
… From the upcoming release of JMRC's-Anthology of Musical Traditions in Israel: The Historical Recordings of … modernizing trends characterized by an exposure to Western culture (most particularly French), to liberal trends in …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… development against the background of the various Ashkenazi musical cultures. The Ashkenazi tradition of this pizmon comprises … this style. The melody itself is not based on a “universal musical language” (Avenary’s term) like pentatonics, but …
Hayrana Laih
… in the Arab world, but also has connections to Jewish musical contexts and musicians. The lyrics of Hayrana Laih … [7] Joel Beinin, “Layla Murad: Popular Culture and the Politics of Ethnoreligious Identity,” in The Dispersion of Egyptian Jewry: Culture, Politics, and the Formation of a Modern Diaspora. …
Ahavat ‘Olamim
… a modern journey into the depths of the Andalusian Jewish musical tradition of Morocco and Algeria. This tradition, … which required an intense vocal effort and adaptations to musical languages he had never before experienced. The final … to R. Haim Louk’s contribution to contemporary Israeli culture. Performers: Rabbi Haim Louk , the New Jerusalem …
Ten Zemirot Ami: New Melodies for Piyyutim from the Aleppo Mahzor (1527)
… from the classic documentary series, “Anthology of Musical Traditions in Israel.” The discs do not aspire to … research and understand. In every living, breathing culture, every generation feels obligated to add something …