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The Cantorial Fantasia of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
… chapter in synagogue chant. The aspect of cantorial music here considered forms part of the solo performed by … supplemented and countered the usual manner of improvising traditional tunes. The genuine homophony of synagogue chant … of long standing, two ways of realizing and elaborating traditional material are recognized in the early cantorial …
The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… Early Songs of the Land of Israel (1882-1946) . … Not all traditional Jewish holiday songs have survived in their … and its documentation are therefore formidable. However, musical renditions of the piyyut are rather rare and will be … that Kikhlot yeini has survived in two apparently unrelated musical strands which we have labeled “Zionist” and “Jewish” …
“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… and with the departure of the additional “soul at rest,” traditionally granted to believers during the Sabbath. … from B’nai Jeshrun: http://www.bj.org/spiritual-life/music-of-bj/invitation-to-piyyut-na/el-eliyahu/ Literary … new melodies were composed in Israel for this piyyut , or traditional melodies were arranged in a new style. For …
Four Melodies for Four Questions
… New Findings about the 'Traditional' Israeli Melody for Mah Nishtanah Jewish music research rarely considers the Jewish home as a … texts of the Haggadah that were performed beforehand using traditional unmetered study or prayer formulae. A canon of …
Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… role in dramatically shifting the aesthetics of liturgical music in the liberal Jewish movements of North America. … hinting at the flexible rhythm characteristic of the traditional Ashkenazi prayer. In the descent to the tonic, … Sabbath, but we cannot ascertain whether Friedman had this traditional Ashkenazi modality in her mind when she composed …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… of the opening stanza, is the refrain (the same words and music are repeated) and x, the last line of the rest of the … users of this manuscript there was an awareness that a traditional melody for Shofet kol ha’aretz was already in … a precondition for the acceptance of a melody into the traditional Ashkenazi repertoire. Here we come to the end of …
Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… and below each word. However, the chant also has clear musical features, with a variety of scales, motives, … of melody and speech that Judit Frigyesi describes in traditional Eastern Ashkenazi contexts. As Frigyesi … changes are accepted in most communities, as are legitimate traditional cultural variations” (2002, 515). [30] Jacobson …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… remembered for his contributions to the liturgical music of American Reform Judaism and his work on Biblical … explained. The individual phrases can all be located in traditional liturgical poems and the lyrics, like many of … background but would be meaningful to secular Jews as well. Traditionally, the “Yom Gilah” – the day of rejoicing, …
Moritz Rosenhaupt
… major codifiers of the South German synagogue liturgy in musical notation and yet his name does not appear … For example Emanuel Kirschner, in a review/essay titled “Traditionaller Synagogengesang“ ( Gemeindeblatt der … by the archive of the city of Speyer, informs us that his music collection was destroyed during the conflagration. …
Haynt Iz Purim, Brider
… ‘Haynt iz purim brider’ is found as an opening for many traditional Purim songs. The phrase is usually used to accompany the common appeal for money at the end of a traditional Purimshpil with lyrics such as ‘Haynt iz purim, … had to write a new text (based as we pointed out on traditional formulae) shows that the folk tradition in …