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Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… largest non-European record company active in the Middle East during the phonograph era; [1] from here onwards, I … to the en masse migration of Jews from North Africa and the Near East, thereby dislocating almost the entire Jewish … image of an Aleppo of the past, it also led back to the nearby Nahlaot quarter, the neighbourhood where Ish-Ran grew …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… 223, 263–267, 318–319; Goldschmidt 1965b, 9), while at least one example utilizes monorhyme. [10] Still, the … between the circumcision of a newborn son and Abraham’s near sacrifice of Isaac. [18] Within the corpus of early … that even the power of religion is limited. The wane and near disappearance of the Niggun ‘Akedah in the …

The Influence of Choral Elements on the Formation and Development of the Piyyût Genres (Hebrew)
… is the presence of an institutionalized choir , at least in the form of a small group of proficient singers … When the lead in piyyut composition passes from the Near East to Spain, the solo-and-choir structures are not taken …

Mesopotamian Music Theory Since 1977
… had a significant impact on our understanding of ancient Near Eastern music theory and practice. I discussed the first … … Music theory … Music history … Ancient music … Ancient … Near East … Mesopotamian Music Theory Since 1977 … Anne …

Sounds from the Divine: Religious Musical Instruments in the Ancient Near East
… … Music … Musical instruments … Ancient Instruments … Near East … Sounds from the Divine: Religious Musical Instruments in the Ancient Near East … Dahlia Shehata …

Musical Practices and Instruments in Late Bronze Age Ugarit (Syria)
… of Syria and Palestine. Cultural associations with the eastern Mediterranean world may also be derived from it. … casts some light upon the poorly known history of ancient Near Eastern music in the span of time between third-millennium …
The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… by the 18 th century Sephardim sang Kikhlot yeini , at least in Italy and perhaps even in Baghdad, on Purim. The …

Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… on musical features of Jewish cantillation in the Eastern Ashkdnazi tradition, a tradition that developed in … shares common characteristics, which come from the ancient Near East. As Tarsi (2001, 3) observes, however, Idelsohn … Accents as Biblical Commentary.” Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society of Columbia University 4, no. 1: 2–11. …

Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… and commercial recordings throughout the European, Middle Eastern and American Jewish diasporas, was a crucial … soul still yearns, And onward, towards the confines of the East, An eye still gazes toward Zion. Our hope is not yet … collections of Hebrew religious poetry published in the Near East in the first three decades of the 20 th century. …
A Gneyve - A Yiddish Song of Theft and Poverty
… the stolen objects listed in this second version are nearly identical to those in the first version. On the other … of Hebrew Oriental Melodies: Volume 9 The Folk Song of the East European Jews . Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister. Noy, Dov …