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Qad Zawajunī - Here I Was Wed
… … Israel … Israel … Background Qad Zawajunī is a form of 'play song” or singing game commonly performed among the …
Vivat
… . (Musical notation included). “At a wedding they used to play in honor of each in-law a ‘vivat’ and in the morning … the remaining in-laws. As soon as they enter, the klezmer play a freylekhs and the badkhn shouts: ‘Vivat!... After the … dance with her. When his oration is done, the klezmorim play a vivat...” [Staro-Konstantin, Ukraine, 1820s-30s]. …
Vantsef (LKT)
… “The young people danced until daybreak... The klezmorim played all kinds of melodies for the dances. The dancers …
Haynt Iz Purim, Brider
… to Rivesman’s poem is attributed in the score to the playwright, composer and impresario Abraham Goldfaden … first time, with different words of course, in Goldfaden’s play Shulamit (1880) as ‘Flaker, Feirel, Flaker’ (Burn, … folk tune (or even two tunes) that he borrowed for this play, as was the standard practice in the early Yiddish …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… The first work to derive from this trip, currently on display in the library at the New York campus of the Hebrew … recording from Israeli Radio of a small orchestral ensemble playing the song from 1955. [7] While Na’aleh L’artzeinu and … of a medley built on “Hineih Mah Tov.” This melody is also played in Tzfat (Safed) as part of the Abu [Torah Scroll] …
Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… within each verse. Associations of the major scale could play into this as well, for some listeners and readers, …
Kabalos-Shabos (LKT)
… the badkhn to all of their closest friends and relatives to play a ‘kabalos-shabos.’ The badkhn would call out to whom, and the klezmorim would play a march.” [Vilna, Lithuania, c. 1880s-90s]. Zizmor …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… Ashdod. Toledano is accompanied by the extraordinary kanun player Abraham David Hacohen (aka Ibrahim Da’ud], originally … in which phrase B ascends to the upper register. The players improvise by following the singer in his …
Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… an American Jewish singer-songwriter, whose compositions played an important role in dramatically shifting the …
Avi Bar-Eitan
… artists. He has composed music for more than twenty plays, the musical “Kolot,” documentary films, radio programs, music for the Playback Theatre, music for dance, and electronic music. He …