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Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… the second octave leap, from the tonic to the dominant. A poetic interpretation would suggest that by this gesture, …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… and Yemen Shofet kol ha’aretz belongs to the medieval poetic Hebrew genre called pizmon that is characterized by a … phrase is composed of two motifs which subdivide the long poetic verse of thirteen or more syllables. Avenary is able … and Spanish-Portuguese versions. The scansion of the poem’s poetic structure, i.e. the two sections of each verse, and …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… consists of two distinctive sections. The text draws from poetic formulae common in early Zionist Hebrew poetry. In Zionist songbooks and collections from the first … Michl Gelbart. Goichberg (1893-1970) was a Yiddish teacher, poet, and editor of a number of educational Yiddish books. …
Haint Iz Purim, Brider, Part II
… piyyut with an alphabetical acrostic that functions as a poetical extension of the blessing by the megillah reader … the popular Hassidic niggun used as a setting for Kipnis' poetry. In addition to those suggested at the time by Yaakov … adopted this wordless Hassidic niggun as a hora dance. The poet Levin Kipnis therefore had several venues to access to …
Haynt Iz Purim, Brider
… that is known today has an author, the Vilna-born Yiddish poet Mordekhai (Mark) Rivesman (1868-1924, left) and is …
Vemen vestu zingen, vemen? Leibu Levin Performs in Yiddish
… and Russian as well as biographical information about the poets. You can also find this album on Apple Music , or …
Qad Zawajunī - Here I Was Wed
… district in south-west Yemen. Her mother Sham'a was a poet and professional mourner, who, as was customary at the … of variable lengths . These formulas are used by the poet, or in this case, the women who participate in the … is reinforced because the song is not the product of one poet but rather is 'quilted' together by the women …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… summarized by Bloom, see note 2 above). Apparently, the poet constantly revised his poem, alone or in the company of … this poem have polyphonic resonances in Romantic European poetry. Different scholars cited two nineteenth-century … Dried Bones’ (Ezekiel 37, 11-12) as the inspiration for the poet of Hatikvah . “They say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and …
Karev Yom
… yom,’ analyzed below in detail). From the point of view of poetry, the reliance on verses from the Biblical ‘Song of … Hebrew repertoire. The rest of the texts are by canonical poets whose poems were set to music by composers of the …
A Gneyve - A Yiddish Song of Theft and Poverty
… on Italian and Russian opera stages. At the advice of the poet Haim Nahman Bialik, an acquaintance, she began singing …