Socalled Movie
Directed by Garry Beitel
Material Type:
Films
Year:
2010
Bin Tavinu Liqnot Bina Ha'azinu
Rabbi Yisrael Najara (1550?-1625), a poet and a composer, was born to a distinguished family of Jews from Spain. He lived and worked in Damascus, Safed, and Gaza. He was one of the greatest Hebrew poets in the period after the expulsion from Spain.
Judeo-Caribbean Currents: Music of the Mikvé Israel-Emanuel Synagogue in Curaçao
Hirsch Weintraub from East to West
Author
Thesis dissertation concerning cantor-composer Hirsch Weintraub.
Material Type:
Books
Mizmorim (Psalms)
Composer
For solo violin and 8 violoncellos, written in 1983.
Material Type:
Scores
Year:
1987
The Twelve Tribes of Israel
Composer
The article is a brief preview by composer Erich Walter Sternberg of his work The Twelve Tribes, for symphony orchestra.
Material Type:
Articles in Journals
Year:
1938
Shirei Shelomo
Composer
מהשירה המאוחדת לשירת קהל : הרכבה מזרחית-מערבית בהתאמה לכל יהודי המזרח והמערב ... מנגינות השירה המאוחדת מיוסדת בהתאמה והטעמה לפי טעם ורוח הסוגים השונים האלה: שירה יהודית אשכנזית אירופית, ליטאית, וואהלינית, וחסידית - בהטעמה מזרחית, שירה יהודית ספרדית, סורית, תימנית, בבלית, פרסית-באופי ומשקל אירופי.
Material Type:
Scores
Year:
1960
Clarinetango
Performer
1. La Cumparsita
2. Gracias a la Vida
3. Lluvia de estrellas
4. Mi Buenos Aires querid
5. Don Ludwig
6. El Choclo
7. Palomita Blanca
8. Fluga e Misterio
9. Uno
10. Guitarra Romana / Violin Gitano
11. Clarinetango
12. Alfonsina y el Mar
13. Hernando's hideaway
14. Es Dia que me Quieras
15. Adios Nonino
16. Hamabe-no Uta (de Japan)
Material Type:
Recordings
Year:
1990
- 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.