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The Jerusalem-Sephardic Tradition
… th centuries and developed under Turkish-Ottoman and Arabic musical influences. Contents The tradition of … The prayer melodies were usually adaptations of popular Arabic and Turkish songs. The old style … said, “entered hearts and souls” and became revered and popular among the Sephardic and Eastern Jews in Jerusalem. …
A Gneyve - A Yiddish Song of Theft and Poverty
… begins with the introductory “khapt im, nempt im” line. The music to this opening section is more dense than in the rest … points out the connection between the song's theme and the musicality of the melody. In his view, the altered Dorian … female performers to sing them on the stage. She was widely popular in Europe and later in the United States, where she …
Karev Yom
… The interview was held at the initiative of the Israeli music connoisseur and collector Dudi Patimer. Speaking live … of the duos and trios of Israeli singers that became so popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s, especially the … modernized Haggadot of several kibbutzim. Several Israeli popular artists, such as Yaffa Yarkoni and Shuli Natan, …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… legislative design. Because of the “folk” origins of its music and the re-writing of Naftali Herz Imber’s poem … feature in the gestation of the Zionist anthem and its popular reception. Music In 1884, Imber read his poem … ‘ Luncile s-au deştepta ’) that continues to be quite popular in Rumanian and Moldavian schools to this day. [13] …
Vivat
… and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations from … refers to the term in question. It also indicates whether musical notation or sound recordings are included in the … reproduce exactly the beginning of the second figure of the popular Moldavian dance ‘Vivat’...” Goldin 1989, pp. 36-37 . …
Vingerka (LKT)
… and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations from … refers to the term in question. It also indicates whether musical notation or sound recordings are included in the … Bulgar, Pas d’Espagne , Vingerka , Waltz , forms of popular Russian, Polish, and Rumanian dances.” EncyJud …
Haynt Iz Purim, Brider
… Harry Coopersmith and others. The sources of the text and music of this famous Purim song are multiple; studying them … It is hard to asses to what extent this is an original musical composition by Goldfaden or just an adaptation of a … tune (Allegretto) of the widespread Purim song that became popular following the zamelbukh , the melody in Goldfaden’s …
Haint Iz Purim, Brider, Part II
… section of the Jacob Michael Collection of Jewish Music at the National Sound Archives of the Israel National … Library, a still largely unexplored treasure of Jewish Musical Americana, includes a magnificent recording of … add new information to what we wrote previously about the popular Hassidic niggun used as a setting for Kipnis' …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… there are many such commonplace songs. Some of them became popular in one social circle or another and later entered … (1931) and the “Songs of Zion” (1942)). It appears in popular collections of Israeli songs produced in America, … however, is misleading. Despite all of its apparent popularity in American Zionist circles, the song Na’aleh …
Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… role in dramatically shifting the aesthetics of liturgical music in the liberal Jewish movements of North America. … framework would demand a piece that is larger than the popular song format of Friedman’s setting of 'Shema’ … – bVII – V. Figure 8. Shema’ Koleinu as an Anglo-American popular song Debbie Friedman’s “Shema’ Koleinu” appeared on …