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Vemen vestu zingen, vemen? Leibu Levin Performs in Yiddish
… “The songs of Leibu await definitive professional evaluation,” … It includes a selection of a representative corpus of songs performed by Leibu Levin with or without instrumental … and translation of all the texts into English, Hebrew and Russian as well as biographical information about …
Or Haganuz
… to put together a selection of hazzanut pieces and Yiddish songs in new arrangements for voice and piano by Hajdu. … … Jerusalem, Israel … Jewish Music Research Centre, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem … Contemporary Jewish Music … Gems of Ashkenazi Hazzanut and Yiddish Songs Revived … Hazzan, Hazan, Chazzan, Chazzanut, Hazzanim, …
Qad Zawajunī - Here I Was Wed
… … Israel … Background Qad Zawajunī is a form of 'play song” or singing game commonly performed among the Jewish … of this female Jewish repertoire is manifested in the songs' themes, such as the internal spiritual world of the … Zawajunī in English translation, Arabic transliteration and Hebrew translation הִנֵּה הִשִּׂיאוּני הִנֵּה הִשִּׂיאוּני עלמה …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… and reproducers of these stories than they do about the song’s actual historical past. Untangling these stories … we note that this is a rare case of bottom-up creativity. A song made its way to consecration by a state that adopted it … Eliyahu Hacohen, the ultimate connoisseur of the Israeli Hebrew song, who wrote one of the most authoritative studies …
Karev Yom
… him if the interview should be carried out in English or Hebrew. With a distinctive “sabra” accent and in his … commercial recordings of Israeli and other Jewish folksongs made for the international market after World War II. The Song of the Month is dedicated to Bikel’s recording of …
A Gneyve - A Yiddish Song of Theft and Poverty
… This song of the month is a humorous Yiddish song about a robbery. It is also known as “Bay Mein Rebbe iz … published both in the ninth volume of his Thesaurus of Hebrew Oriental Melodies (1932), which is dedicated to …
Zemerl (LKT)
… “...a zemerl [pl. zmires ]...is a religious folk song in Hebrew or Aramaic sung on the Sabbath. Bearing a strong … sung to a variety of tunes, as a zemerl (religious folk song).” Schlesinger, Alpert, Rubin 1989 . ( Recording …
The Jerusalem-Sephardic Tradition
… use of maqam . The use of maqam for liturgical poetry and song was based throughout the 17 th century on extensive … were usually adaptations of popular Arabic and Turkish songs. The old style Ottoman-Jewish musical tradition was … the 20 th century in Jerusalem and is a combination of the Hebrew language, which forms the base of prayers and …
Ehad mi Yodea - Its sources, variations, and parodies
… Example 6 Notation and 1st and 7th verses to the wedding song based on "E h ad mi yodea" found in I.L. Cahan's 1957 … JMRC's album Kulmus Hanefesh … Celebrating Passover, the Song of the Month is dedicated to “E h ad mi yodea” the … apparently for the first time, as a manuscript addition (Hebrew and Yiddish) to a copy of the Ashkenazi haggadah …
Hag Purim – The story behind its melody
… Example 8 Harry Coopersmith, editor, Little Books of Jewish Songs: Purim , Chicago: Board of Jewish Education, 1928. … … As Purim, “the Jewish carnival,” arrives, we dedicate the Song of the Month to a very popular Eastern European … was previously set to a variety of religious poems in Hebrew and Yiddish. It was also featured in many …