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Bore ‘ad ana – A Dirge for the Ninth of Av and its Geographical Distribution
… are related to the diverse patterns of repetitions of motifs in the melodies of the North African, … the first hemistich of the long verses. The two musical motifs of the tune, one ending on G and one on C, are …
The Fall of Jerusalem in Song: The Ashkenazi Melody She’eh ne’esar
… meter in A, flexible beat in the Lamentation’s cantillation motif in B). Breuer’s version shows that the mainstream … Also noticeable is the “Dorian coloring” of the opening motif (b natural instead of b flat), that creates a moment … 6 (b flat) only at the end of the closing Lamentations’ motif. Heymann’s version shows a dramatic melodic deviation …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… Likewise, the Binding of Isaac has constituted a common motif in works of art among Jews throughout the ages (Sabar … had a psalmodic formula containing opening and closing motifs; in between them was a simple recitation tone ( tonus … and Caspar Amman’s transcriptions of the Torah cantillation motifs at the beginning of the sixteenth century and the …
“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… to believers during the Sabbath. Therefore, a prominent motif in these songs is the figure of Elijah the Prophet …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… shared by all the variants. Each phrase is composed of two motifs which subdivide the long poetic verse of thirteen or … mode whose foremost characteristic is a stock of idiomatic motifs whose appearance indicates to the initiated listener … Southern (Italian) one. This cadence is a quotation of the motifs used for the closing masoretic accents of the …
Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… the phrasing of the text (prosody), and the melodic motif for each word. Some of the Tiberian te’amim are … in this book need not be imitated slavishly. Rather, the motifs should be internalized by constant repetition until …
Cross-Repertoire Motifs in Liturgical Music of the Ashkenazi Tradition: An Initial Lay of the Land
… The earlier version, entitled “Cross-Repertoire Motifs in the Liturgical Music of Ashkenazi Tradition,” was … … Jewish … Jewish music … Ashkenaz … Ashkenazi liturgy … motif … Motifs … Structure … Chazzan … Chazzanut … Hazzan … Musical …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… ‘Hatikvah’. [12] Related variants of some of its melodic motifs appear in other Rumanian/Moldavian songs, such as …
Had Gadya in Israeli Culture
… It is a cumulative song, with each verse adding another motif to the story. It begins with a kid bought by the …
Had Gadya
… it is a cumulative song, with each verse adding another motif to the story. It begins with a kid bought by the …