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Bore ‘ad ana – A Dirge for the Ninth of Av and its Geographical Distribution
… in Jerusalem. He sang in a variety of languages and styles, sacred and secular in Neo-Aramaic (the vernacular … of words in specific patterns. Moreover, a refrain is generated between the stanzas corresponding to the second …
The Edith Gerson-Kiwi Legacy
… on the art of the Italian madrigal in 1933, she emigrated to Italy and from there to British Palestine in 1935. … One of the main goals of our project is therefore to integrate the disseminated correspondence of Edith Gerson-Kiwi, … The Music of Kurdistan Jews - a Synopsis of their Musical Styles, 1971 Robert Lachmann: His Achievement and His …
The Fall of Jerusalem in Song: The Ashkenazi Melody She’eh ne’esar
… in Jewish historical memory, this fast day has not generated nearly as much Hebrew poetical creativity as the Ninth … of scansion. One of the masters of this then new poetic style was the author of our poem, Shlomo Ibn Gabirol (ca. … question of why no other source, oral or written, corroborates Idelsohn’s “Eastern” version in freygish (except for …
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… hymn called “ Yom Yom Odeh ” (Every day I am grateful), which was released in the early 1920s by the … my headphones on. Maybe the music, his accent or singing style would provide a clue. I listen again to the copy on my … second, the famous record’s copy on my mobile phone, generated by my interest in bringing back into circulation what …
The “Jewish Baroque”: The Allure of a Modern Musical Affair
… on behalf of the Portuguese community in the late Baroque style. It attests to the delicate and rather unique (from … the foundation of the Portuguese synagogue in 1675 in celebrated), these artistic pieces for solo or choir with … of a new synagogue, or the devotion of mystical Jewish confraternities such as “Shomrim laboqer” in Italy. Only in the …
Nuestro Señor Eloheinu/Las tablas de la Ley: A Song for Shavuot
… under makam Shehnaz . Singing in an Ottoman Turkish style, the Maftirim have maintained their oral tradition of … Hebrew Text, “Yarad el h ay al har Sinai” To further demonstrate this song’s tendency to blur the boundaries between … and other non-canonical religious texts that could be integrated into the liturgy upon the discretion of the cantor. …
Moshe Attias
… to the kemanja (violin played upright in the North African style). Between 1962 and 1970, Mwijo estimated that he wrote … of communication. This very remarkable feature demonstrates his resistance to the Hebrew-centered ethos of the … leading to the song itself and then ending with an accelerated khlas section. One cannot but hear in these recordings …
In The Land Of The Pyramids: A Secular Take On Passover
… modern Hebrew song repertoire in the Land of Israel. I am grateful to Dr. Neil Levin for his gracious additions to the … Company, 1911, title page and p. 168. “Piramidn” illustrates the way in which Jewish holydays were reimagined and … Its performance by a child soprano in this recording commemorates its original setting in the summer camps for the …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… character of Sarah altogether. Midrashic literature elaborates on the narrative at length, and it is mentioned in … massacres of the First Crusade of 1096, and venerated the martyrs as the spiritual successors of Isaac, … the line (in square parentheses), according to the general style of the author. 02 Naumbourg 1847.mp3 Example 2. Samuel …
The Music of Kurdistan Jews - a Synopsis of their Musical Styles
… arts. Its more recent political history has demonstrated the inevitable results of decentralization under the … even to heighten the differentiation of variants of musical styles, forms, and melodical intonations. On the whole, … as in song preserve some remnants of an early pre-Christian style; in other words, here we seem to have some samples …