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Call for papers
… since December of 2019. Dedicated to the study of Jewish musical traditions and their cultural habitats, the new … media formats in addition to digitized or scanned music examples are a welcome addition, yet authors are responsible … of 200–300 words; and authors’ contact information. Music examples should be submitted separately (see Instructions …
Sonic Ruins of Modernity
… additional image to the second image of chapter 2). Music Examples are the musical scores included in the book (e.g. Music example 5.1) that can be downloaded for easier reference. Recorded Musical Examples are sound files of pieces discussed in the …
Ethiopian Jews in Israel - a Musical Ethnography
… tourists to Ethiopian culture. Traditional Ethiopian musical instruments including the krar (harp) , masinqo (one … Jews into hegemonic Jewish Israeliness. Studying secular musical traditions that Beta Israel had shared with their … azmaris among the immigrants. Chapter 4 focuses on the musical instruments played by Ethiopian Jews in Israel, to …
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 … as “phantom musical presences”, Shannon presents as examples a photograph of a group of Aleppian Nahda musicians …
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 … Institute of Religion Another early example of such a musical instruction is found in the book of customs, … geographic and temporal differences, all the music examples are variants of the same melody. The melody itself …
The Ala-Instrument: its Identification and Role
… Concerning musical instruments, we are fortunate to have many terms, … methodology is philological, iconographic and ethnographic. Examples of drum-making from various parts of the world are … died out in contemporary Iraq; thus comparisons with other musical cultures from around the world must be made. In …
El Incendio de Saloniki: The Song of the Fire
… with them as they migrated, including literary traditions, musical forms and the Judeo-Spanish language, Ladino. The Jewish musical life that developed in Saloniki consisted of these … observe that this metric form differs from the first three examples (variant 1), which do not alternate between …
Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… are expressed in Friedman’s composition. The following musical analysis of “Shema’ Koleinu” is based on the score … melody walks down to the dominant. The first half of the musical section concludes on the second scale degree on a … in which the singing subject appeals directly to God. Examples of this dramatic melodic gesture are David Zehavi’s …
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 … Sacks of Temple Emanuel, Denver, recorded the notated examples in Sections 4–11; the audio is included with each …
Haynt Iz Purim, Brider
… It is hard to asses to what extent this is an original musical composition by Goldfaden or just an adaptation of a … eventually found itself back on the stage as a successful musical in Israel and Broadway (as The Flying Matchmaker ). … context point to the direction of Rivesman’s song. Sound Examples: The soundtrack from the film Shnei Kuni Lemel can …