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Ahavat ‘Olamim
… in life-cycle rituals, and in non-liturgical religious songs for the early morning vigils, called Shirat … Jerusalem … Contemporary Jewish Music … Andalusian Hebrew Song from the Maghreb to Jerusalem … Piyyutim … 3 … 2012 … …
Cute Boy, Charming Girl
… Cute Boy, Charming Girl: Children’s Songs of the Modern Hebrew Nation(1882-1948) presents Hebrew songs written for and sung by Jewish children in pre-state … poets that were set to music by professional composers, songs by amateur poets and composers, translated songs, and …
With Songs They Respond: The Diwan of the Jews from Central Yemen
… characteristic of the diwan repertoire. Some of the songs are heard in a series of different performances, in … on the basic characteristics of the music of the diwan songs. Each singer chose the stanzas that he wanted to sing, … them. This enables one to comprehend the ways in which the songs have evolved in the Yemenite Jewish tradition and in …
Responsorial Singing
… Israel, for example, the refrain led by Miriam during the Song of the Sea (Exodus 15:21) or the short responses of … ( B. Suk . 38b; Sot. 30b) of the musical performance of the Song of the Sea — the leader initiating a verse, the … feature of Western Ashkenazic ( minhag ashkenaz ) synagogue song. The following were recited responsively verse by …
Hay ram galeh
… H ay Ram Galeh is a contrafactum of the modern Egyptian song Hayrana Laih by Daoud Hosni that featured in our previous Song of the Month. Hay ram galeh was written by Nissim ben … from the late 19 th century onwards. The new Egyptian song became hegemonic throughout the Arab world partly due …
Tish
… of the Tish, whether it is he himself who begins each song, or by giving out 'Kibbudim' (treats): one H asid is …
Kabalat Shabat
… Psalms 92-93 (which opens with the words: 'A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day'). [2] The second chapter of the … that begin the Kabalat Shabat with the reciting ofthe Song of Songs. In modern day Israel, the ritual of Kabalat Shabat …
Heikhal Hanegina (the Hall of Music)
… a heavenly hall in which entrance is permitted only through song or music. There is a common belief that the Heikhal …
Contrafactum
… It refers to a technique of converting either a secular song into a religious song or vice versa by altering the words. This technique was … probably evolved due to the popularity of existing folk songs making it easy to sing and memorize a new poem or …
Seliha-Selihot
… Lehanim , each of which is adapted to various different songs. For further reading about Siftei Renanot , see here . …