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The Jerusalem-Sephardic Tradition
… th centuries and developed under Turkish-Ottoman and Arabic musical influences. Contents The tradition of … This singing is part of the liturgical and para-liturgical musical tradition of communities that descended from Jews … shared by all the Ottoman Jewish communities. The central musical principle among these communities exiled from Spain …
Leo Levi
… first scholar to devote research to the Italian Jewish oral musical traditions. However, his role in the field of Jewish ethnomusicology, and in particular in the development of … as it proved to be at the end of World War II, when traditional Jewish culture seemed forever lost. He …

The Reliability of Oral Transmission: The Case of Samaritan Music
… concerning the processes of oral transmission of musical culture, the selection of informants in ethnomusicological research is necessarily haphazard. Yet, … culture. Thus the starting point for the study of an oral musical tradition must be an examination of the …
Yiddish Folksong (The Music of the Yiddish Folksong)
… assortment of religious songs, is very different from the traditional repertoire of Yiddish songs that was documented … of this Piyut can be seen as a meeting point between the traditional Yiddish folksong and the Ashkenazi liturgy. The … strata, makes it possible to speculate in regards to the musical development of the tradition, despite the lack of …

Passport to Jewish Music: its History, Traditions and Culture
… attempting to represent a broad examination of Jewish music's history, repertoires and key figures. … 1 … 36588 … … CT, USA … Greenwood Press … Contributions to the study of music and dance … … 1994 … Jewish music … Research … History … Music history … Ethnomusicology …

Judeo-Spanish Traditions in Transition
… Chair: Karen Gerson Sarhon Susana Weich-Shahak, Jewish Music Research Centre, Hebrew University of Jerusalem … in Israel This paper outlines aspects of change in Ladino music due to the impact of radio since the Independence of … have been broadcast since the 1950s, and the importance of music for the identification of the individual with an …

Karaite Jews Musical Tradition
… sect's central administration. The Karaite Legacy and its Musical Tradition The Karaite legacy, which was formed and … and lifelong cycles. The Karaites do not have any other traditional music aside from this repertoire. [3] The … musical modes and scales. Although, for the most part, traditional Karaite music is performed similarly in the …

Notes on Bukharan Music in Israel
… trip to Israel in May-June 1971. Having specialized in the music of Afghanistan and Soviet Central Asia, I was … traditions in Israel, particularly in the area of secular music. This interest was stimulated by the observations of … the scope of the inquiry was limited by a serious dearth of musicians among the Israeli Bukharans, the data collected …
‘I’m Sorry, It’s Yom Kippur’: Atonement through Punk (and Traditional Jewish Music)
… compositions that combine, among other genres, punk music, polkas, cantorial singing, and Jewish melodies (including direct musical quotes from traditional Jewish melodies such as Chad Gadya , Ma'oz Tzur, … are from a shark attack! Shark attack! Shark attack!'). Traditional Judaism (known today as “orthodox”), while …

Judeo-Spanish Traditional Ballads from Jerusalem: an Ethnomusicological Study
… … 10 … 36658 … Brooklyn, New York … Institute of Jedieval Music … … Judeo-Spanish - Ladino,Ladino - Judeo-Espagnol - … … Ladino … Sephardi … Israel J. Katz … Judeo-Spanish Traditional Ballads from Jerusalem: an Ethnomusicological Study …