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Moshe Attias
… paraliturgical occasions. An example is the Judeo-Arabic moralistic song “ Ya Sidi, Ma Rit Min Hawa Hani ” by R. …
In The Land Of The Pyramids: A Secular Take On Passover
… in this recording into an artistic lied, as much as the choral arrangement by Raymond Goldstein that we mentioned …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… generation of Jews in various vernacular languages, in both oral and written forms (Spiegel 1967, 13–16; Moreen 2000, … until the late eighteenth century and relied instead on oral transmission of their musical traditions. [15] The … of the Transcriptions Notwithstanding geographic and temporal differences, all the music examples are variants of the …
Oren Roman
… Researcher of Yiddish literature, Kreitman Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dept. of Foreign Literatures and Linguistics, …

The Reliability of Oral Transmission: The Case of Samaritan Music
… of theoretical formulation concerning the processes of oral transmission of musical culture, the selection of … adequate theories. In Vansina's words, 'the value of oral traditions as historical evidence is a problem that has not been solved, because the special nature of oral traditions as a source of information about the past …

The Influence of Choral Elements on the Formation and Development of the Piyyût Genres (Hebrew)
… (first into the zulat , later into the ofan ). The choral element also assumes a new and standardized form, which … strophe ( pizmon ). In the 9th century, newly composed 'choral pieces' begin to be inserted into older non-choral qedussah hymns. The process turns into hyper-tropy, …

A Jewish Sufi on the Influence of Music
… and biblical commentaries, especially of the Psalms, moral treatises can prove to be a rich source for this kind … attention of students of the subject. … 23205 … Treatise … Moral treatise … Music research … Music history … Jewish …

Numerical Representation of Variants of Orally Transmitted Tunes
… It is a well-known fact that orally transmitted (folk) tunes exist in many variants, … can rarely be solved with mathematical accuracy. For the oral tradition of a tune is ever-changing, depending upon … … Folk music … Folk songs … Folk tunes … Folklore … Oral tradition … Numerical Representation of Variants of …

Yemenite Qasīd Songs (Hebrew)
… broken. These songs had a triple function: educational; moral; and entertaining. They told people about Jewish legends in an amusing manner; they taught morals through their tendency to reward the good and punish …

Towards an Interdisciplinary Study of Jewish Oral Traditions
… and illustrate the need for pursuing the study of the oral aspect of Jewish traditions on a … We shall discuss the concepts of oral tradition and of interdisciplinary methodology in the … discuss the state of research with regard to concepts of oral tradition and interdisciplinary methodology. The second …