Brakha Tzefira
Israeli Singer and collector of Jewish Yemenite music.
1910-1990
Der Weg der Verheissung and the prophecies of Jeremiah
Author
The article Der Weg der Verheissung and the prophecies of Jeremiah (I) was written by David Drew. (Full article can accessed online)
Material Type:
Articles in Journals
Year:
1998
Synagogue Music in the Baroque Vol. 1
Synagogue Music in the Baroque Vol. 2 - Dove in the Clefts of the Rock
Editor
Hosha'na Rabbah in Casale Monferrato 1732.
Works from the 18th century repertory of the communities of Amsterdam: cantatas and choral works; and Casale Monferrato: A Musical Ceremony for Hosha'na Rabbah, from 1732.
Material Type:
Recordings
Year:
1994
Synagogue Music in the Baroque Vol. 3 - Dio, Clemenza e Rigore
Hoshna’na Rabbah in Casale Monferrato 1732: Dove in the Clefts of the Rock
Editor
A critical edition of a musical ceremony for the festival of Hosha'ana Rabbah from the Italian Jewish community of Casale Monferato (1732), found in Ms. Ginzburg 807[1] at the Lenin State Library in Moscow. Score for 5-6 voices, strings and oboes. Includes liturgical texts and the cantata "Dove in the Clefts of the Rock". The score is preceded by a historical introduction and a facsimile edition of the original Hebrew libretto.
Soft cover. Orchestral parts available on rental.
Material Type:
Scores
Year:
1990
Dio Clemenza e Rigore: Hosha`na Rabbah in Casale Monferrato 1733
Italian Jewish musicians in Western musical tradition
Four Hebraic pictures in the Klezmer tradition
Composer
Contents:
1. The wedding / G. Fitelberg.
2. Canzonetta: Grandmother’s tales / Jacob Weinberg.
3. Hebrew dance, op. 68 / Boris Levenson.
4. The Maypole / Jacob Weinberg.
Material Type:
Scores
Year:
1996
Premitie armoniche a tre voci
Composer
Information from www.worldcat.org: "3 partbooks. Original in Biblioteka Jagiellonska (Pl Kj) ; formerly in the Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz (D B). On reel with Mus Ms Krakow 40583."
Material Type:
Scores
Year:
1616
- A Polka Mazurka
- Niggun of the Meggid of Mezerich From the album, "The Hasidic Niggun as Sung by the Hasidim." This dance niggun is the seventh and last in a series of niggunim sung by Bratslav Hasidim as they dance after the Shabbat evening service on Friday night. Some have attributed the niggun to R. Dov Ber, the meggid of Mezerich.
- Kol B'ru'ei (Padua, Italy) From the album, "Italian Jewish Musical Traditions from the Leo Levi Collection (1954-1961)." The poem depicts "all creatures" singing and praising the unity of God, and was recited in the Italian rite during the daily morning prayer. This melody was sung only on Rosh Hashanah (New Year) in the Italian tradition of Padua.
- Yigdal From the album, "Judeo-Carribean Currents, Music of the Mikve Israel-Emanuel Synagogue in Curaçao," performed by Gideon Zelermyer. The Yigdal is part of the ceremonial section of the liturgical order of Shabbat and the Holy Days in the Curaçao synagogue. It is one of the ending hymns of the service.
- Eres Chiquita y Bonita From the album, "Judeo-Spanish Moroccan Songs for the Life Cycle," sung by Alicia Bendayan from Tetuan. This is a song about courtship, related to the Jewish rituals that mark the events of the life cycle.
- Sweet Shalt Be My Chant From the album, "Kulmus Hanefesh," performed by Yair Harel on voice and tar, and Matti Kovler on voice and piano. A sacred hymn attributed to Rabbi Yehuda ha-Chasid, this is a Chabad tune with a near-Eastern arrangement.
- Lyr II From the album, "The Music of the Mountain Jews." Lyr is a genre found among all Turkish peoples, consisting of long, complex compositions usually comprised of three parts.
- Gilu ha-Galilim (Rejoice Galileans) From the album, "Nights in Canaan, Early Songs of the Land of Israel (1882-1946)." This is a Second Aliyah (1904-1914) song which became an integral part of the historical repertoire of Hebrew song. Both native-born and newly arrived pioneers sang this song in all circumstances.
- Saperi Tama From the album, "With Songs They Respond: The Diwan of the Jews from Central Yemen." This is a girdle poem by Se'adia ben Amram. Saperi Tama is sung to many melodies and is one of Yemenite Jewry's most common poems.