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Bernardo Feuer
… as the caretaker of a synagogue and the family had four children: Alter, Miriam, Isaac and the youngest, Bernardo. … and secondary school in his hometown and was drawn to music from an early age. Feuer learned the basics of music from his father, and later joined several liturgical …
“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… from B’nai Jeshrun: http://www.bj.org/spiritual-life/music-of-bj/invitation-to-piyyut-na/el-eliyahu/ Literary … asks for a revelation from God or from the Messiah. Music: Origins and Performances The piyyut “Eli Eliyahu” is … style. His version of the piyyut was recorded live by a children’s choir with orchestral accompaniment conducted by …
Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… role in dramatically shifting the aesthetics of liturgical music in the liberal Jewish movements of North America. … career began in the 1960s, developing out of the folk music and communal singing tradition of Jewish summer camps. … and religious Jewish themes, educational songs for children, community and identity-building songs for youth, …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… remembered for his contributions to the liturgical music of American Reform Judaism and his work on Biblical … most important early collectors and arrangers of Zionist music in America. In 1916, at the age of 21, Binder founded … the other? Is one a variation on the other? Are they both “children” of some older melody – and did that melody have …
Haint Iz Purim, Brider, Part II
… section of the Jacob Michael Collection of Jewish Music at the National Sound Archives of the Israel National … Library, a still largely unexplored treasure of Jewish Musical Americana, includes a magnificent recording of … modern Israeli repertoire of Purim songs, especially for children. ‘Shoshanat Yaakov’ includes therefore the stanza …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… legislative design. Because of the “folk” origins of its music and the re-writing of Naftali Herz Imber’s poem … circumstances in which Imber’s poem was shaped and the musical contrafactum (adaption of a preexisting melody to a … early sounds of the passion of our souls were silenced. Our children who come after us will not feel those inner …
Ehad mi Yodea - Its sources, variations, and parodies
… Sefer HaN igunim . Brooklyn: Ḥevrat Ni h oa h Example 4 Children's parody of Ehad mi yodea from Beregovski's … focusing on changes introduced to the text and the music within different historical contexts and local Jewish … version has become a popular song among Yiddish and klezmer musicians over the past few decades. Performers and adapters …
Hag Purim – The story behind its melody
… Ancis for four part men's choir. New York: Transcontinental Music Corporation, 1945. Example 5 Moisei Beregovski, … no. 114. Example 6 “Sabbathlichter” (lyrics: S. Rosenblum, music (!): J. Engel), Juedische Klaenge (Beilage zum … Festival). This setting soon became one of the canonical children songs for Purim in Europe and in the Jewish …
Sher
… and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations from … refers to the term in question. It also indicates whether musical notation or sound recordings are included in the … of incomprehensible word constructions as we find in children’s and counting songs’ (Schünemann 1923:413). This …
Kutner (LKT)
… and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations from … or refer to the term in question. It also indicates whether musical notation or sound recordings are included in the … Although he was a carpenter by trade, all of his father’s children were called by their father’s trade. Shmuel was …