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Folk song
… Song sung by the people. In opposition to art songs which are composed and performed as art, folk songs are sung by everyone, on a daily basis or on festive …
Im nin'alu
… variant of the so’er (rajaz): -˘˘- -˘˘- - / -˘˘- -˘˘-. This song, as performed by Bracha Zefira, who sang a setting of … 240) Here we present four different performances of the song, including ten different melodies. This combination of … Each performer chooses which stanzas of the complete song suit him or his tradition, and the occasion on which it …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… Days. As the High Holy Days season arrives, we dedicate the song of the month to rare recordings of Ashkenazi melodies … season and the Shofet hymn. This kind of relation between a song and its liturgical context is frequent and is almost a …
Purim, Purim, Purim lanu
… and North Africa of the “new” style of religious Hebrew song that developed in the 16th century in the Land of … the Western Jewish communities became familiar with the songs of Rabbi Israel Najara (ca. 1550-1625) and his followers. This popular song consists of quatrains of short verses with the rhyme …
Dos Fartribene Taybele (The Exiled Dove)
… 1990, pp. 158. … Goldfaden … New York … Yiddish … Yiddish songs … Yiddish Theater … Ashkenazi … Dos Fartribene Taybele …
Mi-al har horev from the manuscripts of Obadiah the Proselyte
… The preparation of this song of the month was inspired by several recent inquiries …
Selihot according to Siftei renanot
… approach, the Jewish Music Research Centre dedicates the Song of the Month to the Selihot. The materials are … lehanim, each of which is adapted to various different songs. One of the most assiduously used lehanim is “Ezri …
Piyyutim for the High Holidays
… But Haim was not a full-time cantor who recorded some songs in Ladino. He moved into what we may today call the …
Hanukah Blessings
… contexts, special musical settings were arranged. Our Song of the Month includes a late 19th century choral … wrote operas, four symphonies, and a number of choruses and songs. In 1858 he received the prestigious “Grand Prix de … version of the common Ashkenazi tune for the piyyut (sacred song) Maoz Tzur, sometimes known in English-speaking …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… rite. As the High Holy Days season arrives, we dedicate the Song of the Month to some rare recordings of the Ashkenazi … and Shofet kol ha’aretz. This kind of relation between a song and its liturgical context is frequent and is almost a …