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Avi Bar-Eitan
… the Hebrew University, and his M.A. and M.Mus degrees and Artist’s Diploma from the Hebrew University and the … dealt with the evaluation of “the gray area between the art, folk, and popular in the Israeli song.” His research interests span musicology and …
Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… Lynn Friedman (1951-2011) was an American Jewish singer-songwriter, whose compositions played an important role in … set the first line of the prayer (divided into two parts) that encapsulates its main theme: Part one: שְׁמַע קולֵנוּ, ה' אֱלהֵינוּ, חוּס וְרַחֵם עָלֵינו …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… As the High Holy Days season arrives, we dedicate again the Song of the Month to this text, that was already featured is … by Mrs. Alice Lucas (in Abrahams 1920) Judge of the earth, who wilt arraign The nations at thy judgment seat, … was wont to be Brought day by day continually. Thou who art clothed with righteousness, Supreme, exalted over all …
Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… read on Purim; and (6) one for the festive megillot —Song of Songs, Ruth, and Ecclesiastes—read on Passover, … observes, “Melody is not an additional element, but part and parcel of the text, inseparable from it and … for text phrasing. Jacobson (2002, 412) provides a chart that indicates the frequency of the te’amim throughout …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… … In 1926, in “New Palestinean [sic] Folk Songs” – one of the earliest Zionist songbooks published in … and arranged a song called (in his spelling) “Na-aleh L’artsenu – On to Our Land.” Binder indicates that this is a … to experts in the history of modern Hebrew song. Na’aleh L’artzeinu is only dimly remembered by those who grew up in …
Haint Iz Purim, Brider, Part II
… In the last Song of the Month we introduced the song for Purim ‘Haint Iz … town of Dęblin in Poland). The second song of the suite (starting at 5:35) is no other than ‘Hag Purim, Hag Purim,’ a … as Belz (in the L’viv region of Western Ukraine, formerly part of Galicia). Similar to what happened with many other …
Haynt Iz Purim, Brider
… brider' from the Ruth Rubin's archival collection, "Folksongs and Folklore 1948-1967 – Holidays' Songs – Purim." … Jewish songsters which reproduced Rivesman’s version, starting from Goldfarb, as mentioned at the beginning of this article. Goldfarb’s version is clearly taken from the …
Yonatan Malin
… Lieder, Klezmer, and Jewish liturgical music. His book Songs in Motion: Rhythm and Meter in the German Lied was … in 2010 by Oxford University Press. He has published articles in Music Analysis and Music Theory Spectrum, and a …
Vivat
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT … you get the full reference. “Monsieur Lieberman started to weep as he said this, drank more wine as he wept, … 1820s-30s]. Fridkin 1925, p. 45-47. “...some ‘Dorian’ songs do bear the imprint of Moldavian influence. We are …
Vemen vestu zingen, vemen? Leibu Levin Performs in Yiddish
… “The songs of Leibu await definitive professional evaluation,” … Lifshitz in a memorial note dedicated to her late stage partner, the Yiddish performer, narrator, composer and singer … prepared around the centennial of Levin’s birth is a partial fulfilment of Lifshitz’s wish. This CD is based on …