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Moyshelekh Un Shloymelekh (part 1)
… Shloymelekh' is a name referring to two different Yiddish songs, 'Unter Di Grininke Bymelekh,' and 'Unter Di Poylishe Grininke Beymelekh.' Both songs open with almost the same line, containing the words … multiple versions, 'Unter Di Grininke Beymelekh' was a very popular song throughout the Jewish world. It attained the …
Yechidi Laderech Li Etse'a
… line has been sung many times, as it came from the very popular Russian romance, 'Vyhozhu odin ja na dorogu' (Alone … Shira.' This translation was no exception, as many Russian songs were translated into Hebrew. In most cases, the melodies of these songs were altered to suit the rhymes and meters of Hebrew, …
Hayrana Laih
… … Hayrana Laih is an Egyptian song that was and still is popular in the Arab world, but also has connections to … of Hayrana Laih were written by Ahmed Rami (1892-1981), the popular Egyptian poet who was the main songwriter for Umm … ‘ud player, but his wide popularity stem from the popular songs he composed (more than five hundred), which he wrote …
Hay ram galeh
… Eastern Sephardic tradition of turning secular Arabic songs into sacred Hebrew ones. Halevi is certainly not a … such texts, a talent that can be observed in other of his songs set to popular Egyptian tunes such as Yah retzeni ra h em alai Yah …
Contrafactum
… above the first line of their poem a reference to a certain popular melody to which the lyrics could be sung. A famous … (the text in the red square is the reference to the popular melody in which the piyyut is ought to be sung) This … probably evolved due to the popularity of existing folk songs making it easy to sing and memorize a new poem or …
Society for Jewish Folk Music
… in an encounter that was to have impacts on classical and popular music to this day. Vladimir Stasov, music historian … written in Palestine and later Israel, as well as Israeli popular and folk music. Without their work, there would be … the classical and romantic composers. Aside from the two songs opus 91 by Brahms for viola, contralto and piano, the …
Hora
… adera 4 ) 5 . The Zionists settlers also sang Israeli folk songs with the Hora 6 , and indeed, many songs in the history of Israeli folksongs were written in … style of the Israeli Hora, was adopted from one of the popular figures of the Freylekhs . Although, from watching …
Tipat Mazal (A Bit of Luck)
… is directed by and stars Ze'ev Ravach. It is about Zuzu, a popular Jewish Moroccan singer and the hardships that he and … Ben, who plays the grown up Vivi, each sing a variety of songs during the course of the film. Revach sings in both … place in Morocco at a wedding, he sings Abiadi Yana, a popular Moroccan song that is usually sung during Henna …
Almonds and Raisins
… were made in Yiddish. In Almonds and Raisins (named after a popular Yiddish song), director Russ Karel and narrator … of which star cantor Moyshe Oysher who sings both Yiddish popular songs and Jewish liturgical music. This film is an excellent …
Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim
… the rabbis' reservations, the response verses remained popular, although the variety of responses is diverse and … Piyutim, others were adopted from secular Jewish songs, as well as from non-Jewish sources. Some of these … inventions of the priests. In similarity with folk songs in general, while some were uniquely beautiful with …