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Nuestro Señor Eloheinu/Las tablas de la Ley: A Song for Shavuot

… one of the oldest sources available related to our song, a prayer book titled Seder Tefilot Le h odashim ul’mo’adim (Order of prayers for the New Moon and Festivals) published by Joseph …

The “Jewish Baroque”: The Allure of a Modern Musical Affair

… cantors used to insert at the opening of the public prayer. These compositions in their new arrangements expand …

Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record

… 2020). This YouTube clip also includes a recording of the prayer Sehemim betzetam (starting at 2:59 ) which, similar …

The Fall of Jerusalem in Song: The Ashkenazi Melody She’eh ne’esar

… well-entrenched presence of Sephardic poetry in Ashkenazi prayer, and the overall musical style of the melody which … already appears in one of the oldest Ashkenazi orders of prayers, dated as early as the twelfth century (Ms. Or. fol. … Ashkenaz via Provence. It is included also in the order of prayers for the Four Fasts (Ms. Vatican, dated 1389). In …

Bore ‘ad ana – A Dirge for the Ninth of Av and its Geographical Distribution

… one of the most ubiquitous qinot (dirges) in the order of prayers for the Ninth of Av among the Sephardic and Oriental … in Syria. “Bore ‘ad ana” is not included in the order of prayers for the fast day that Hocha himself mentions in the same recording, the “Siddur h amesh te’aniyot.” This prayer book almost surely corresponds to the Seder h amesh …

Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics

… 2002. “Lower Extension of the Minor Scale in Ashkenazi Prayer Music”, Indiana Theory Review 23: 153–83. …

Elohim hashivenu: A liturgical insertion for the High Holidays in Salamone Rossi's version in Italy and beyond

… or “traditions”) once the printing press started to produce prayer books in rapidly increasing numbers to satisfy the … 80, even though this verse does not appear in the printed prayer books. This fourth verse is sung to a different … the 20th century, Italiya yashan and Italiya hadash . Prayer books printed in Venice on behalf of these …