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The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… 14 from the 1998 JMRC recording Nights in Canaan, Early Songs of the Land of Israel (1882-1946) . … Not all traditional Jewish holiday songs have survived in their original performance context or with their melodies of old. The Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini, …
“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… such as the yearning for redemption, which intensifies with the coming of the Sabbath and with the departure of the … during the Sabbath. Therefore, a prominent motif in these songs is the figure of Elijah the Prophet (Eliyahu), whose … version (which means primarily Baghdadi) appears among songs for the Sabbath, the Sephardic version is included in …
Four Melodies for Four Questions
… major ceremonies of Judaism which include music take place within the circle of the immediate or extended family. The … our Song of the Month archive). The singing of serial folksongs added at the end of the seder is a late medieval … are Israel Goldfarb and Samuel E. Goldfarb, The Jewish Songster: Music for Voice and Piano (Brooklyn: Religious …
Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… but as her career developed, she collaborated with other professional musicians and performed with various … of liturgical and religious Jewish themes, educational songs for children, community and identity-building songs for youth, and introspective songs meant for spiritual …
Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… word. However, the chant also has clear musical features, with a variety of scales, motives, contours, resting … on Purim; and (6) one for the festive megillot —Song of Songs, Ruth, and Ecclesiastes—read on Passover, Shavuot, and … find that the modes for Torah readings and for the Song of Songs, Ruth, and Ecclesiastes both use a major scale, but …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… … In 1926, in “New Palestinean [sic] Folk Songs” – one of the earliest Zionist songbooks published in … In many ways, this song is unremarkable. It stays firmly within a normative minor key and consists of two distinctive … of the twentieth century there are many such commonplace songs. Some of them became popular in one social circle or …
Haint Iz Purim, Brider, Part II
… her unique, wide-ranging style, is in fact a suite of Purim songs. It opens with ‘Haint Iz Purim, Brider,’ which eventually becomes a refrain used between the other songs of the suite. Amid these repetitions of ‘Haint Iz …
Haynt Iz Purim, Brider
… brider' from the Ruth Rubin's archival collection, "Folksongs and Folklore 1948-1967 – Holidays' Songs – Purim." Recorded in New York City, 1956, from Mary … appeal for money at the end of a traditional Purimshpil with lyrics such as ‘Haynt iz purim, morgn iz oys, git undz …
Vivat
… formed a circle and danced an old-fashioned quadrille with him in the middle, just as at a wedding in a little … 1820s-30s]. Fridkin 1925, p. 45-47. “...some ‘Dorian’ songs do bear the imprint of Moldavian influence. We are thinking of songs in which the intonations of Moldavian dances can be …
Vemen vestu zingen, vemen? Leibu Levin Performs in Yiddish
… “The songs of Leibu await definitive professional evaluation,” … It includes a selection of a representative corpus of songs performed by Leibu Levin with or without instrumental accompaniment. Michael Lukin, a …