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Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… features of Jewish cantillation in the Eastern Ashkdnazi tradition, a tradition that developed in the areas that comprise today Lithuania, Belarus, Western Russia, Ukraine and Poland and is now widely … “te’amim” and “ta’am.” The transliteration follows modern ( Sephardi ) Hebrew. [10] Jacobson 2013 and Strauss Sherebrin …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… 2. Venizia/Gorizia 3. Province Ashkenazi/Sephardi Ashkenazi/Sephardi Ashkenazi/Sephardi 3 … 13 th century containing our poem (twice) is the French (Western Ashkenazi) order of prayers for the High Holy Days, … is an order of prayers for the entire year according to the tradition of Worms. Before the poem “Melitz yosher ya’amod, …
“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. … of a baqqasha for Motzei Shabbat. It is performed by Sephardic and Eastern (Oriental) Jews in a variety of … for Kol Israel (Israel Radio) in the 1950’s. This is a very Westernized version of the Ottoman melody and is very …
El Incendio de Saloniki: The Song of the Fire
… The Sephardic copla, El incendio de Saloniki (The Fire of … Greeks, and Muslims, each developing their own cultural traditions and speaking in their own languages.” 5 The Jews … melodies of the other versions, in contrast, remain in a Western minor modality. The above sound examples provide …

Songs of Grief and Hope: Ancient Western-Sephardi Melodies of Qinot for the Ninth of Av
… one of the most ancient musical repositories in the Sephardi liturgy. Of particular musical richness are the qinot of the Sephardi communities of the Western Hemisphere. Perhaps the intense attachment of the … prayer book which includes the prayers for the four traditional fast days. The book is usually entitled Seder …
Moshe Attias
… his rich repertoire. Mwijo, following the long-standing tradition of Moroccan Jewish musicians keeping their cards … in opposition to his later signature appearance with a Western suit (or at times, a Moroccan djellaba ) with a … Mwijo’s militant allegiance to the orthodox, right-wing Sephardic party Shas and its leader, Aryeh Deri. Again, the …
Nuestro Señor Eloheinu/Las tablas de la Ley: A Song for Shavuot
… Our song of the month concerns a Sephardic song commonly sung on the Passover and Shavuot … Turkish style, the Maftirim have maintained their oral tradition of choral singing until the present day. As a … its history of Hebrew printing presses and trade; and the Western port city of Livorno, which by the late 17th century …
The Fall of Jerusalem in Song: The Ashkenazi Melody She’eh ne’esar
… Sound example 2: She'eh ne'esar, Strasbourg tradition, Michel Heymann, NLI, Y 5913 … Sound example 3: … to “She’eh ne’esar”: the well-entrenched presence of Sephardic poetry in Ashkenazi prayer, and the overall … Hamnazeah , 1898, no. 66 Avenary mentioned that the “Western” melody, i.e. Sulzer’s, is similar to German folk …
Bore ‘ad ana – A Dirge for the Ninth of Av and its Geographical Distribution
… in the order of prayers for the Ninth of Av among the Sephardic and Oriental Jewish communities. The identity of … in the article entitled “Songs of Grief and Hope: Ancient Western-Sephardic Melodies of Qinot for the Ninth of Av.” … and other social dislocations on Jewish liturgical traditions. Before addressing the questions raised by the …
Purim Lanu, Pesah a la Mano: Celebrating Flory Jagoda (1923-2021)
… no’am,” which contributed to the early dissemination in Western Sephardic and North African Jewish communities of the new … salvation by Esther and Mordecai, stressing the popular joy traditionally expressed on Purim for this miraculous turn of …