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Soothing Lyres and epôidai: Music Therapy and the Cases of Orpheus, Empedocles and David
… The psychagogic efficacy of music, namely its power to act on the soul in such a way as … in ancient Greek thought on a likeness between soul and musical harmony. This idea involves also a “harmonious” …
Ancient Music in the Modern Classroom
… The French musicologist Jacques Chailley devoted his professional career to the revival of medieval music and ancient theater and to the study of Greek music. … he originally penned in French in 1961 stands out for its powerful and sweeping title: 40,000 Years of Music . Yet, …
Rabbi Meir Eleazar Atiya
… The Jewish Music Research Centre of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem … the Moroccan Arab and Hebrew traditions of Andalusian music, and by his profound knowledge of the Hebrew language … of sharing knowledge and resources, and challenging the power relationships that once characterized the gap between …
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. … career began in the 1960s, developing out of the folk music and communal singing tradition of Jewish summer camps. … ( Unetaneh tokef kedushat hayom —Let us now relate the power of this day’s holiness). Figure 4. Immediately after …
Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… and below each word. However, the chant also has clear musical features, with a variety of scales, motives, … affects, and associations of a given repertoire (see Powers et al., 2015). [3] Following common practice, I will … ‘aura of antiquity’” (47). [3] See sections I.3 and V.1 in Powers et al., 2015. Idelsohn is referenced in both sections …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… remembered for his contributions to the liturgical music of American Reform Judaism and his work on Biblical … most important early collectors and arrangers of Zionist music in America. In 1916, at the age of 21, Binder founded … when composer Herbert Fromm sought to best express the power of Israeli folk music, he used the melody of Na’aleh …
Qad Zawajunī - Here I Was Wed
… men's songs (including liturgical and para-liturgical music). The repertoire also deals with themes that reflect … theme, found in the recording’s fourth verse, is the power dynamics between urban and rural Jewish women in … mere fact that these issues are a topic of song proves the power of music to create an alternative, feminine discourse …
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 … quotidian and unexceptional that it could become such a powerful emblem of nationalism.” [26] Bohlman suggests then … century in Palestine and throughout the Jewish world. The powerful Histadrut (Worker’s Union in Palestine) utilized …
Karev Yom
… The interview was held at the initiative of the Israeli music connoisseur and collector Dudi Patimer. Speaking live … and movie actor, entertainer, and folk song revivalist. Music reviewers stresses his Yiddish or international … where he was passed the guitar…I was struck by just how powerful a singer and performer he was. He could just suck …
Experiencing Devekut
… Shalom Dov Ber, the fifth Habad Rebbe To understand the power of the niggun experience in the hasid ’s religious … that was published in December 2014 as part of the Jewish Music Research Centre's Yuval Music Series. This study, the first of its kind, is based on …