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An Institute of Jewish Music in Jerusalem
… all Jewish musicians and singers in Jerusalem and in Erez Israel, to the Sephardim and also the Ashkenazim, Jews of … Temple? The soul of whom amongst you trembles to hear the voice of the prophecies of the great prophets, voices striking sacred flames? … Eretz-Yisrael - the Land of …
El Incendio de Saloniki: The Song of the Fire
… available, including quite a few at the National Library of Israel (NLI). Below are a several versions of the song. Some … and cantor born in Saloniki in 1931. Saltiel offers us the voice of a singer at the center of the community where this … Article in the Times of Israel by Devin Naar recapping the Great Fire and its …
The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… JMRC recording Nights in Canaan, Early Songs of the Land of Israel (1882-1946) . … Not all traditional Jewish holiday … the Sephardi Tradition (2000) by the Boston-based ensemble Voice of the Turtle. The reason for its inclusion in that CD … by Isaac Levy as a Sephardic religious song and recorded by Voice of the Turtle in 2000. In the 1950s and 1960s Israeli …
“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… with the coming of Elijah the Prophet and the redemption of Israel from its enemies. The paytan (poet) pictorially … drink poisoned water.” (Jeremiah 9:14); “they raise / their voices and weep” (v.9) -- “Then Jacob kissed Rachel and … to those who call out To You, O to You they raise / their voices and weep Angel of Deliverance / come before this …
Four Melodies for Four Questions
… New Findings about the 'Traditional' Israeli Melody for Mah Nishtanah Jewish music research … and Samuel E. Goldfarb, The Jewish Songster: Music for Voice and Piano (Brooklyn: Religious Schools of Congregation … Abileah, Ephraims’ wife, in an arrangement for piano and voice (Haifa: Universum le-musiqa Abileah, 1956, copy in …
Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… כָּל פֶּה. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה'. שׁומֵעַ תפילה. Listen to our voice, Lord our God. Spare us and have compassion on us, and … for You listen with compassion to the prayer of Your people Israel. Blessed are You, Lord, who listens to prayer. [2] This prayer opens with a reference to God who hears the voice of the worshipper, who has mercy on the worshipper, …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… Manuscripts (hereby: IMHM) at the National Library of Israel, we can reconstruct with a certain degree of accuracy … Leghorn [Livorno] ([Federico] Consolo, “Libro dei Canti d'Israele,” No. 308, Florence, 1892) are by no means in … the Yemenite synagogue. It is a mixture of organum with the voices moving parallel but split in fourths, fifths and …

Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… mishpati ya-avor” (Why do you say, Jacob / Why declare, Israel // My way is hid from the Lord / And by my God my … may chant at any level that is comfortable for their voice. The type of scale and scale degree will be more … and loud; Lamentations is read much slower and in a softer voice. Other differences have to do with melodic features, …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… l/sites/default/files/attachments/Idelsohn%20-%20Am%27cha%20Yisrael.jpg … In 1926, in “New Palestinean [sic] Folk Songs” … was “Six Songs from the Jewish Homeland, Arranged for Mixed Voices.” [2] This handwritten collection, from September of … Folk Songs,” which included 22 songs arranged for voice and piano. In the preface to the book, Binder writes: …
Haynt Iz Purim, Brider
… and transferred to the Sound Archive, National Library of Israel, ZP 00024 (078), no. 4. … 'Haynt iz Purim,' Daniel … B00000DCX2, 1998. Sound Archive, National Library of Israel, CD 2091. This is an example of the presence of the … in the zamelbukh with the arrangement of the song for four voice choir (SSAA) and piano. As time passed and the …