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Bin Tavinu Liqnot Bina Ha'azinu
… and a composer, was born to a distinguished family of Jews from Spain. He lived and worked in Damascus, Safed, and Gaza. … greatest Hebrew poets in the period after the expulsion from Spain. Najara followed the tradition of writing new … songs in the oral musical tradition of communities from Morocco to Persia. The performance of Najara’s piyyut …
Moyshelekh Un Shloymelekh (part 1)
… out of consideration, we see a structure called 2n, going from the small unit of one bar, to a unit of two, four, eight … . Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 1989. The picture is from http://www.flickr.com/photos/whsimages/, under 'cc' …
Moyshelekh Un Shloymelekh (part 2)
… One example is a song commemorating victims of a pogrom, which opens: 'Beneath the green trees, Moyshelekh and … and sounds like a Jewish prayer. This is a main difference from Brounoff's lyrical melody in Unter di Grininke Beymelekh … sudden change of harmony: a modulation of the tonic chord from minor to major. The scale used in this stanza is the …
In Ale Gasn\ Hey Hey Daloy Politsey
… by the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in 1999, from which the recording attached below is taken. Mlotek learned these songs from his mother, Hannah Mlotek, a scholar of Yiddish song and … hey down with the police'). The first two verses come from In Ale Gasn, a labor song which talks about the …
Yechidi Laderech Li Etse'a
… in 1841. This line has been sung many times, as it came from the very popular Russian romance, 'Vyhozhu odin ja na dorogu' (Alone I set out on the road). The song travelled all the way from Russia to Israel during the second Aliya, which …
Musical Traditions of the Ethiopian Jews
… The dramatic immigration of the Ethiopian Jews from their country of origin to Israel in the 1980’s and … of people all around the world. Since then, scholars from several countries have been intensively engaged in … Alvarez-Pereyre. Distinguished ethnomusicologists Simha Arom and Olivier Tourny and Shoshana Ben Dor , expert on the …
Hayrana Laih
… as a singer and ‘ud player, but his wide popularity stem from the popular songs he composed (more than five hundred), … to co-star in his film “Yahya al Hub” (Long Live Love). From this point on she gained enormous popularity, mainly as … 1955, though still enjoying a wide popularity, she retired from acting and several years later also from singing. [7] …
Ofer Ronen
… sephardic music. His studies include a BA in musicology from the Hebrew university in Jerusaelm, a graduation diploma from the Fundación de Crisitina Heeren del Arte Flamenco, in Seville, Spain, and a master in flamenco guitar, from the Escola Superior de Musica de Catalunya, in …
Ahavat ‘Olamim
… … Contemporary Jewish Music … Andalusian Hebrew Song from the Maghreb to Jerusalem … Piyyutim … 3 … 2012 … Israel …
Ten Zemirot Ami: New Melodies for Piyyutim from the Aleppo Mahzor (1527)
… Research Centre. This new series differs in character from the classic documentary series, “Anthology of Musical … … Hana Ftaya … Ten Zemirot Ami: New Melodies for Piyyutim from the Aleppo Mahzor (1527) …