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Hag Purim – The story behind its melody
… Ashkenazi melody that, in the early 1920s, was set by the poet Levin Kipnis to the lyrics of his song “ H ag Purim” …
Ehad mi Yodea - Its sources, variations, and parodies
… in order to establish what the essential parameters of the poetic structure are in order to find out a possible source. … “E h ad mi yodea” to compose secular songs with a similar poetic structure. This includes, first of all, a comedic …
The Jerusalem-Sephardic Tradition
… to the use of maqam . The use of maqam for liturgical poetry and song was based throughout the 17 th century on … the Passover Seder), two or three hours before sunrise, poetry emerges from the Ades synagogue in the Na h laot … the baqqashot piyyutim . The texts were written by various poets, beginning in the 19 th century, and composition of …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Haynt Iz Purim, Brider
… that is known today has an author, the Vilna-born Yiddish poet Mordekhai (Mark) Rivesman (1868-1924, left) and is …
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 …