Documentary | written by Yves Touati | directed by Emmanuel Chouraqui
France 2004|| 52 minutes || French & hebrew, english, amhary, aramaik with English subtitles
Discusses "Pizmon: Syrian-Jewish religious and social song" (Meadowlark 105, 1985) edited by Kay Kaufman Shelemay and Sarah Weiss, descriptive booklet (8 p.) by Kay Kaufman Shelemay, Sarah Weiss, and Geoffrey Goldberg. Pizmon (pizmonim, pl.) is the term employed by the Syrian Jews to denote a Hebrew song in praise of God, whose melody is borrowed.
A comparative survey of the music of the Jews in Syria and Turkey. Includes analysis of turkish and arab modal systems with examples from christian liturgy and arab songs.