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Inventing Jewish Music
… identity and an embodiment of Jewish community through performance, seemed as if it was falling into decay while … by the growing awareness that Jewish musical practices differed from community to community, from country …
Rabbi Meir Eleazar Atiya
… not only singing traditions but very specific liturgical practices from different Jewish communities in Morocco, in … not the most outstanding in terms of virtuosity, rather his performance style was characterized by his extreme …
El Incendio de Saloniki: The Song of the Fire
… the concluding lines 3 and 4 create B. In many recorded performances of the song, the B portion is repeated, … a series of melismas, down to the tonal center. Analysis of Performances There are a number of commercial recordings of … role of Ladino music over the past century, from a living practice centered around Sephardic community life to a …
Four Melodies for Four Questions
… prayers and psalms). The musical repertoire for the performance of the Haggadah ’s texts grew exponentially … this pattern, thus attesting to this deep-rooted musical practice. A child traditionally recited these Four Questions … in Eastern Europe. Our website includes two illuminating performances of the Four Questions using this tune sung by …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… and Yemenite rites is maintained to this day through its performance, its presence in the Ashkenazi rite is obscured … orders allow for a fundamental revision of the origins and practice of the pizmon Shofet kol ha’aretz. Thanks to the … of the stanzas of our poem. More information regarding the performance of our piyyut appears in the Mahzor mi-kol …
Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… Western Russia, Ukraine and Poland and is now widely practiced in Ashkenazi congregations around the world. There … “of establishing an aural-spatial context for religious performance, inspiring and expressing a state of religious … the acquisition of compositional craft, aid in preparing a performance), its goal is simply to hear the piece better , …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… klezmer scene, and even into modern synagogue liturgical practice. As the first published printing of this melody … the Hadassah Choral Union, a women’s choir devoted to the performance of Hebrew Zionist music. The many arrangements …
Haint Iz Purim, Brider, Part II
… after the reading. In the course of time it became a common practice to sing the last stanzas of this piyyut with a … beat, which then flows into a dance niggun . This type of performance recalls the patterns of singing ‘Shoshanat … ‘Hag Purim, Hag Purim’ in Hebrew and Yiddish, a common practice in American Jewish communities at the time. All in …
Qad Zawajunī - Here I Was Wed
… the Sabbath before the wedding. [4] The h enna ceremony is practiced by Jewish communities throughout the Middle East … and feet with the h enna paste. [6] Leah Avraham The performance of 'Qad Zawajunī' is by singer, dancer, artist … grape, like a musk on the hottest of days. The recorded performance of the song featured in this article (from …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… research” on the subject and delivered in live performances to the (un)critical acclaim of the press. This … Jewish world with remarkable speed.It also shows how its practice at ceremonies of Jewish institutions, synagogues, … It underwent, in the process of its reception and musical performances, changes and adaptations. The printed version …