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19. As You Stand Before Us (Saturday Night Bride Song)
… _______________________________ [1] The other Kerala Jews traditionally celebrated weddings on Tuesdays, which was …
11. Famous Kochi Harbor
… see the commentary following song 22. The shofar is a musical instrument traditionally made of a ram’s horn and blown on important …
8. Kadavumbhagam—Kochi Synagogue Song
… laying of the foundation with embedded gold and jewels— a traditional Kerala practice. Following construction of the … going up to it. Measurements are specified in kols —a traditional Malayalam measure by means of a carpenter’s rod, … Lane recorded the song again in 2006 to facilitate its musical transcription. After the interior of this synagogue …
6. Parur Synagogue Song
… about twenty-one miles north of Kochi), with references to traditional and/or historical events. Tradition has it that … by a “justice-loving” country boatman as emblematic of traditional Kerala culture in its nurture of religious … ornament once found on top of the roof were features traditionally associated with royal buildings and …
Rabbi David Buzaglo
… is an opportunity to revive his biography in our website. A musical and rabbinical prodigy since his early days, Rabbi … of the Moroccan Jewish diaspora. [3] After receiving a traditional Jewish religious training, as was customary in … the synagogues of Casablanca are today considered utterly traditional by his followers. Rabbi Buzaglo’s proficiency in …
4. Song of Moshe Mutaliyar
… of the biblical songs. The ruler addresses Moshe by the traditional Kerala title Mutaliyar , which is conferred on …
A Flowering Debate: A Judeo-Spanish Song (not just) for Tu BiShvat
… emerged therefore from a rich multicultural poetic and musical background that can be traced back to the medieval … Mahur in its header (see Figure 2 above ). Evidence of this musical tradition of El debate de las flores is scant. A … de las flores in oral tradition is more conspicuous. This traditional melody, published now by Weich Shahak in our …
Book Review: Music’s Making - The Poetry of Music; The Music of Poetry
… Cherlin M., Music’s making: The Poetry of Music, the Music of Poetry . SUNY Press, 2024. In a letter … Vertical: Worldly and Spiritual 217 Notes 243 Some more traditionally oriented readers might feel that they have …
Tish-nigunim Ascribed to Yosl Tolner and the Aesthetics of the Genre
… study aims to trace the unique characteristics of a type of music unparalleled in the central-eastern European … in eastern Europe, where the art of klezmer, i.e., the traditional instrumentalist, was not necessarily linked to … purpose we will examine nigunim attributed to the prominent traditional musician Yosl Volynets “Tolner” (1857?, …
5. Mi-Pi El (De Boca del Dio)
… century. Be as it may, ‘Mi-pi El’ does not appear in the traditional Sephardic repertoire of Simhat Torah pizmonim … in and outside Israel. Among the most important historical musical documents we possess of the melody of ‘Mi-pi El’ is … 37. Seroussi, Edwin. 1988. Schir Hakawod and the Liturgical Music Reforms in the Sephardi Community in Vienna , ca. …