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El Incendio de Saloniki: The Song of the Fire
… The Sephardic copla, El incendio de Saloniki (The Fire of … consisted of these forms and, similar to many other Sephardic traditions in the greater Mediterranean and … (oud, violin, lyre, qanun, frame drum) that echoes these melodies in instrumental interludes. Though the overall …
The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… in their original performance context or with their melodies of old. The Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini, which used … secular and sacred poetry characteristic of the Andalusian Sephardic milieu. The lyrics cover an apparently earthly … notes to the CD, The Sword of the Dove: Purim Songs in the Sephardi Tradition (2000) by the Boston-based ensemble Voice …
“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… of a baqqasha for Motzei Shabbat. It is performed by Sephardic and Eastern (Oriental) Jews in a variety of melodies and textual variations. Text Sources The text is … Performances The piyyut “Eli Eliyahu” is sung only among Sephardic Jews and those from the Middle-Eastern …
Four Melodies for Four Questions
… into Jewish homes, more metric tunes (such as Hassidic melodies) took over texts of the Haggadah that were … of socialization into the Ashkenazi dominated milieu, Sephardic and Oriental Jews learned many metric Haggadah … Jewish community traces its origins to Baghdadi Jewry. Sephardic melodies of this kind are also found in Abraham Z. …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… 2. Venizia/Gorizia 3. Province Ashkenazi/Sephardi Ashkenazi/Sephardi Ashkenazi/Sephardi 3 Ashkenazi/Sephardi 4 Baer 1 … the Month series (September, 2014) stressed the Ashkenazi melodies of this piyyut. It is worthwhile to reread our …
Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… congregations around the world. There are six sets of melodies or “modes” in the Eastern Ashkenazi tradition of … “te’amim” and “ta’am.” The transliteration follows modern ( Sephardi ) Hebrew. [10] Jacobson 2013 and Strauss Sherebrin … and Moroccan traditions in Israel, with the Jerusalem-Sephardi tradition as a control group. Ne’eman finds that …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… revealed in part by acquaintance with some of the beautiful melodies of this collection… It is, therefore, important to record the melodies associated with the early stages of the rebuilding … in Latin letters in an inconsistent mix of Ashkenazic and Sephardic pronunciations. None of the songs have …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… what you think. It does not derive from Smetana nor from a Sephardic prayer. And an early Zionist pioneer did not … Israel,’ the name of the Hebrew version of Byron’s Hebrew Melodies ] ---translated by Yehudah Leib Gordon [published … vols., 1914-1932) dedicated to the music of the “Oriental Sephardic” Jews, the distinguished musicologist Abraham Zvi …
The Jerusalem-Sephardic Tradition
… of the prayer and singing style known as “Jerusalem-Sephardic,” which originated among the Jewish communities … musical influences. Contents The tradition of “Jerusalem-Sephardic hazzanut and piyyutim The baqqashot singing … defined melody usually sung by the congregation. The prayer melodies were usually adaptations of popular Arabic and …
Ehad mi Yodea - Its sources, variations, and parodies
… of influence.” (Tabory, 1988: 66) Variations from Sephardic and Eastern Jewish communities “E h ad mi yodea” … (2012) pointed out a few variants found in different Sephardic communities. The primary differences between each … up to the number five.” (Rubin, 1963: 58) Two different melodies to this song were documented. The first one was …