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The Jerusalem-Sephardic Tradition
… musical tradition of communities that descended from Jews expelled from Spain who lived in various geographic … throughout the Middle-Eastern regions. These included the Syrian and Eastern Jewish communities, who adopted the new … Maqamat in the Shabbat Morning Liturgical Music of the Syrian Jews in Brooklyn.” Phd. diss., New York University, …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… of the songs in Binder’s book, would sound familiar to most Jews with a religious background but would be meaningful to secular Jews as well. Traditionally, the “Yom Gilah” – the day of … of Middle-Eastern songs, such as the baladi songs of Syrian and Palestinian Arabs, where the minor mode sounds …
“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… It is performed by Sephardic and Eastern (Oriental) Jews in a variety of melodies and textual variations. Text … 1902), a collection compiled according to the custom of the Jews of Crimea [5] Following is the piyyut text as printed … publication is the main source for piyyutim sung by the Jews of Baghdad. Eli Eliyahu Text Transliteration from …
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… with roots in the sixteenth century that continues amongst Syrian Jews today (Kligman 2009; Shelemay 1998). “ Yom Yom Odeh ” … four hundred pizmonim. Many of them continue to be sung by Syrian Jews around the world, where Taboush’s legacy, his …
Bore ‘ad ana – A Dirge for the Ninth of Av and its Geographical Distribution
… as well as in the website pizmonim (where I found the Syrian version). A unique recording of this qinah included … maqam-oriented school of the Ades Synagogue of the Aleppan Jews. For many years, Nehemiah was cantor and preacher at … in Neo-Aramaic (the vernacular language of the Kurdish Jews), Kurmanji, Hebrew and Arabic. He was a sought-after …
A Moroccan Synagogue Service
… issues emerged during early fieldwork among Moroccan Jews in Israel, it was always a peripheral topic, and mostly … 78rpm recording by the singer and movie actress of Syrian-Lebanese origin Siham (or Seham) Refki (1922-2007). The song is attributed to the Syrian composer Abdel Ghani al-Sheikh (1900-1970). However, …
Fog al-Nakhal (فوق النخل): Multicultural and Transnational Journeys of an Iraqi Folksong
… and recordings, especially those by the charismatic Syrian singer Sabah Fakhri. [3] Born in Aleppo in 1933, Fakhri has contributed to the revival of Syrian folk music in a career spanning over fifty years. He … legacy has been erased from the Iraqi soundscape after the Jews of Baghdad were disenfranchised and forced to move from …