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La reina tiene dolores (La mala suegra)
… The opening verses of this romance, depicting the pains of a pregnant …
Idelsohn’s trilingual autobiography and Yiska Idelsohn’s oral memoire
… into Idelsohn’s displaying of the events of his life to diverse audiences. To complete this synoptic autobiography we … in Libau (later in New York), my father was appointed overseer of kosher meat in a non-Jewish butchery. In my … could deliver lectures on the subject of Hebrew Music. I traversed all of America from the east to the west, from north …
A Recovered Voice from the Past
… of modern Jewish musical research. Idelsohn’s life traversed several important arenas of modern Jewish history, … shifted the emphases in both versions, having in mind the diverse Hebrew and English readerships. Almost totally absent … small plot of land in Har Tuv and had the Bekhar family to oversee it. Mother tried to cut her expenses to cover for the …
Eikha yashvah badad (Lamentations 1:1-4 and 5:21)
… of the melody reflects the particular division of the Ekha verses into three sections. The result is a dirge-like tune …
Mi hakham ve-yishmor eleh, Qaddish and Barekhu
… This piece opens with the second half of the last verse of the special Psalm for Succoth, the Festival of the … ). This liturgical music unit consisting of the half Psalm verse and the qaddish ends with the call of the hazzan : …
Miyom qadmon
… repertoire of songs performed at the gatherings of the diverse Jewish confraternities in Amsterdam. This specific …
Shema' qoli
… by the rhythmic contrast between its opening and ending verses, which are in almost free rhythm, while the core of …
Atanu leḥalot panekha
… structure in which the same melody is used for the verses of each stanza and for the refrain sung by the …
Va-ya'al Moshe me- 'arbot Mo'ab (Deuteronomy 34)
… to the Spanish- Portuguese usage, this section of four verses includes a special rendition of some of the masoretic … Tabernacle, are also read with the same cantillation. The verses that describe the death of Moses before the …
Mizmor le-david (Psalm 29)
… used for the Sabbath eve (compare with no. 9 above). Each verse is set to a simple syllabic melody that consists of … expanded or contracted according to the length of each verse of the Psalm. This technique of Psalm recitation is … melody was performed in Amsterdam by the choir. The last verse receives a special musical treatment, a sort of …