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Moritz Rosenhaupt
By Edwin Seroussi
German cantor and composer Moritz/Moses Rosenhaput was born (see…
Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… associations. One of the differences has to do with the style of reading: Esther is often read fast and loud; … Cantor Sacks for providing these recordings. Individual styles of cantillation, both lay and professional, will be …
Rikud (LKT)
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… bears the unmistakable stamp of the Eastern Ashkenazi style of hazzanut. It is not only the expressive and strong … and imaginative quality that are characteristic of this style. The melody itself is not based on a “universal … interested on the historiography of Jewish music. Cohen’s style is characterized by associations of ideas and by …
Avi Bar-Eitan
… Sepharad; musical analysis of Israeli song; and the musical style of Yair Rosenblum. Dr. Bar-Eitan teaches the Aural …
Four Melodies for Four Questions
… that the performance was intended to be in the recitative style. Moshe Nathanson also reproduced a variant of the same …
“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… service following the Sabbath) . The nusah (prayer style) of the blessing, as it is printed today in siddurim … piyyut , or traditional melodies were arranged in a new style. For example, the Jerusalemite composer Rahamim Amar wrote a new melody for 'Eli Eliyahu' in a traditional style. His version of the piyyut was recorded live by a …
The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… yeini and recorded it as an “Israeli folk song,” in the style that would accompany a folk dance. Geula Gill recorded … occurs in the setting of the refrain in the 3/4 polonaise style. This meter also stresses the Ashkenazi accentuation …