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The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music

… where it is variously attributed to Sephardic or even Yemenite origins, as we shall see. Kikhlot yeini text, … for the legendary label Folkways (Track 12 on the long-play Yemenite and Other Folk Songs , Folkways Records, FW 8735). … Most of these performers (except for Eliran) were of Yemenite or Central Asian background and their energetic …

A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions

… also, since at least the early eighteenth century, in the Yemenite rite during the morning services of all the Aseret … of Repentance). While its prominence in the Sephardic and Yemenite rites is maintained to this day through its … order to analyze two new recordings, one Moroccan and one Yemenite, that have recently become available as online …

Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story

… – On to Our Land.” Binder indicates that this is a Yemenite melody and gives no attribution for the text. In … or lyricists, though two of the melodies are indicated as “Yemenite” in origin and one is called “Arabian Love Song.” … Na’aleh L’artzeinu, is one of those two songs listed as Yemenite in origin. It is firmly rooted in the key of G …

Qad Zawajunī - Here I Was Wed

… among the Jewish communities of central and southern Yemen. It is sung at the end of the bridal h enna ceremony as part of the repertoire of Yemenite Jewish women singers. In Yemen, the separation of men and women was customary at …

Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections

… Erich von Hornbostel arrived to a remote area of Southern Yemen where he recorded Yemenite Jews. Among the songs he recorded was the piyyut …

Karev Yom

… and David Zehavi (two songs each). Two of the songs are by Yemenite-born musicians who were active in the musical scene … by female singers, the absolute majority of whom were of Yemenite-Jewish origins (Hanna Aharoni, Ahuva Tzadok, Naomi … set to a folk dance by Rivka Sturman, recorded by the Yemenite-born singer Naomi Tzuri,) Karev Yom (From the …