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Brakha Tzefira
… Brakha Tzefira was born in Jerusalem in 1910. Her father emmigrated from Yemen in 1887, and settled in the then … one neighborhhod to the next, Brakha was attracted to the songs she heard. The synagogue played a central role in the … and form with the musical materials of the orient: of the land of Israel, and the 'oriental' Jews. Hirshberg writes …
Elohim Eshala
… NSA, Jacob Michael Collection, R 0080. This is a copy of the 1958 Folkways release by the Israeli singer Geula Gill “Yemenite songs and other Israeli folk songs.” Gill (b. 1932 in Tel … Biblical times when the ancient Hebrews worked their land and defended themselves fueled such perceptions. Hence, …
Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim
… [1] The triple blessing, or the Priestly Blessing, is arguably … abode, from heaven ,and bless your people Israel and the land you have given unto us, as You had sworn to our … Piyutim, others were adopted from secular Jewish songs, as well as from non-Jewish sources. Some of these …
Hora
… Origin of the term The word originates from Rumanian. As an ancient … adera 4 ) 5 . The Zionists settlers also sang Israeli folk songs with the Hora 6 , and indeed, many songs in the … the fast Hora. 2 Yaakov Mazor, The Klezmer Tradition in the Land of Israel , 1998, tracks 15, 17; Yaakov Mazor, The …

Society for Jewish Folk Music
… Violins, Voice and Jews In the spring of 1897, on the eve of the Russian Orthodox … the classical and romantic composers. Aside from the two songs opus 91 by Brahms for viola, contralto and piano, the … his music bears the same distinctive character. Born in Poland and a graduate of the Warsaw Conservatory, Löw …
Seliha-Selihot
… The word Seliha (plural- Selihot ) means forgiveness in … be found from the time of the pre-classical piyyut in the Land-of-Israel (3rd-5th centuries C.E.). The Seliha genre … Lehanim , each of which is adapted to various different songs. For further reading about Siftei Renanot , see here . …
Hayrana Laih
… Laih is an Egyptian song that was and still is popular in the Arab world, but also has connections to Jewish musical … ‘ud player, but his wide popularity stem from the popular songs he composed (more than five hundred), which he wrote … of Israel and the 1952 revolution and was buried in his homeland as a Karaite Jew. Laila Mourad on the other hand lived …
Yechidi Laderech Li Etse'a
… 726 … 'Alone I set out on the road,' wrote Lermontov, the great Russian poet, in 1841. … Shira.' This translation was no exception, as many Russian songs were translated into Hebrew. In most cases, the … original Russian song on YouTube . … Eretz-Yisrael - the Land of Israel … Zemer Iveri, Zemer … Eretz-Israel … Israeli …
Moyshelekh Un Shloymelekh (part 2)
… Unter di Poylishe Grininke Beymelekh Our previous 'Song of the Month,' Unter di grininke beymelekh , developed into … Holocaust) . The most obvious connection between the two songs is their almost identical opening line. However, a … is extended in consecutive secondary dominants until landing on a G minor chord. From the G minor chord, the …
Bin Tavinu Liqnot Bina Ha'azinu
… and worked in Damascus, Safed, and Gaza. He was one of the greatest Hebrew poets in the period after the expulsion … of writing new piyyutim according to models of existing songs, and turned it into a method. As a result, he also … no. 13. Images: Lyrics in print … Eretz-Yisrael - the Land of Israel … Piyyutim … 23105 … Eretz-Israel … Fusion … …