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The Western Sephardi Liturgical Tradition as Sung by Abraham Lopes Cardoso

Keter

… mimeqomo are, according to Rev. Lopes Cardozo, part of a traditional Portuguese tune for this text. In this recording …

… of Rosh Hashanah. Cardozo's rendition is based on the traditional melody known in different variants throughout … practice and degree of improvisation allowed to the traditional Western Sephardi hazzan (changes of tempo, …

'Et sha'are ratzon

… liturgy only, as a preface to the shofar service. This traditional Western Sephardi melody differs substantially … communities. The last stanza of the poem ( Livritekha ) is traditionally performed by the hazzan in an embellished …

Idelsohn’s trilingual autobiography and Yiska Idelsohn’s oral memoire

… thirty years ago and more, it was said that the basis of traditional music of the synagogue was located in Southern … to the customs of the respective countries, and their traditional song varied greatly from one another. I started collecting their traditional songs. In the course of time the …

Judeo-Spanish Songs for the Life Cycle in the Eastern Mediterranean

Esta noche es alabada (La noche alabada)

… be plenty of light in the house. The prophet Elijah (the traditional witness of the circumcision) is mentioned as …

Bendigamos

… the meals (especially for the Three Festivals) set to the traditional Portuguese tune of the Song of the Sea or Song …

With Songs They Respond: The Diwan of the Jews from Central Yemen

"Ahuv libi semaḥ bemitzvot nikhtevu" (My beloved, be happy)

… part in Arabic. This song is performed in a scrupulously traditional style that few Yemenite Jewish singers observe …

‘Le-El ‘Olam’ in Sefer ha-maftir shel Urbino

‘Le-El ‘Olam’ by Mordecai Dato: In search of a melody for an ancient Italian Hebrew poem

… the Mishnaic Tractate ‘Ethics of the Fathers’] when it is [traditionally read, a chapter on each Sabbath] between Pesah … publication of Sefer ha-Maftir (Jerusalem, 1964). Did any traditional melody for ‘Le-El ‘Olam’ survive in oral … to “Lekhah Dodi” for every Friday night; hymn and traditional liturgical tune typical of the Italian-Ancona …