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The Jerusalem-Sephardic Tradition
… th centuries and developed under Turkish-Ottoman and Arabic musical influences. Contents The tradition of … singing tradition Piyyutim for the yearly cycle and life-cycle Summary Bibliography The Jerusalem-Sephardic … This singing is part of the liturgical and para-liturgical musical tradition of communities that descended from Jews …
A Gneyve - A Yiddish Song of Theft and Poverty
… Yiddish songs addressing the hardships of a poverty ridden life that include songs that bemoan the troubles of the … points out the connection between the song's theme and the musicality of the melody. In his view, the altered Dorian … of this song, from 1927, is by Isa Kremer (1887-1956) (musical example 1). A renowned singer, Kremer was born in …
Karev Yom
… I am still living the life of those times… Theodore Bikel On October 2, 2014, … songs are by Yemenite-born musicians who were active in the musical scene of British Palestine, Sara Levi-Tanai and … at the Mannes School of Music with an already remarkable musical career in Israel following his immigration in 1948. …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… circumstances in which Imber’s poem was shaped and the musical contrafactum (adaption of a preexisting melody to a … orally. It underwent, in the process of its reception and musical performances, changes and adaptations. The printed … [sic] for example, is really characteristic of Jewish life in Europe, and full of Jewish feeling. The melody is …
Qad Zawajunī - Here I Was Wed
… as well as during events and ceremonies associated with the life cycle. However, the strictness of this gender-based … two stanzas) with each line consisting of two hemistiches. Musically, each textual line is accompanied by a melodic phrase. This pattern creates a binary musical structure of two phrases which alternate in an ABAB …
Vivat
… refers to the term in question. It also indicates whether musical notation or sound recordings are included in the … “Vivat.” [Orgajeev, Bessarabia, c. 1930s-40s]. Bik 1964 . (Musical notation included). “At a wedding they used to play … ‘Az got vet gebn gezunt un lebn’ (‘If God Gives Health and Life’): ... Measures 9-12 reproduce exactly the beginning of …
Haint Iz Purim, Brider, Part II
… Library, a still largely unexplored treasure of Jewish Musical Americana, includes a magnificent recording of … References Brown, Arianne. 2007. The Khanzntes – The Life Stories of Sophie Kurtzer, Bas Sheva, Sheindele the …
Moritz Rosenhaupt
… major codifiers of the South German synagogue liturgy in musical notation and yet his name does not appear … L. Frankel, of Los Angeles, has donated four volumes of musical manuscript containing the regular Sabbath and … unusual and certainly unique artifact of Jewish musical life in that community. The Klau Library, HUC-JIR/NY has …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… choir were perhaps his first efforts in what would be a life-long devotion to modern Hebrew song. In 1922 Binder … rest serve as archival records of an earlier time and its musical repertoire. The songs are all notated with piano … in such a ready-to-use manner, easily accessible to all musically literate people regardless of Hebrew knowledge. …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… who wilt arraign The nations at thy judgment seat, With life and favor bless again Thy people prostrate at thy … 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 …