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Qad Zawajunī - Here I Was Wed
… … Israel … Background Qad Zawajunī is a form of 'play song” or singing game commonly performed among the Jewish … is sung at the end of the bridal h enna ceremony as part of the repertoire of Yemenite Jewish women singers. In … ceremony takes place before the wedding ceremony. It is part of the extensive series of Yemenite Jewish wedding …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… and reproducers of these stories than they do about the song’s actual historical past. Untangling these stories … of Education of Israel in 2009. This production became part of a wide public campaign by its author, presented as … (discussed below), the Israeli anthem. As long as in the heart, within, A Jewish soul still yearns, And onward, towards …
Karev Yom
… responded simply with the epitaph found at the top of this article. Multifaceted and multidisciplinary artist Theodore Bikel passed away in Los Angeles last July … commercial recordings of Israeli and other Jewish folksongs made for the international market after World War II. …
A Gneyve - A Yiddish Song of Theft and Poverty
… This song of the month is a humorous Yiddish song about a … lyrics and a completely different melody. 'A Gneyve' is part of a large repertoire of Yiddish songs addressing the … with piano accompaniment), Dobrushin-Yuditski (1940), Gelbart (1945) and Rubin (1976). It was recorded several times, …
And Now We're All Brothers: Singing In Yiddish In Contemporary North America
… Critical survey of the contemporary practice of Yiddish song in America, with emphasis on its relation to past traditions and present concerns, most particularly the Holocaust and the construction of Jewish …
Zemerl (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT … “...a zemerl [pl. zmires ]...is a religious folk song in Hebrew or Aramaic sung on the Sabbath. Bearing a … at small celebrations like the sholem-zokher , an evening party prior to a circumcision, at Hasidic gatherings, as …
The Jerusalem-Sephardic Tradition
… This article shows the crystallization of the prayer and singing … and in piyyutim for Shabbat and holidays. This singing is part of the liturgical and para-liturgical musical tradition … use of maqam . The use of maqam for liturgical poetry and song was based throughout the 17 th century on extensive …
Vals (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT … Poland, 1930s]. Alpert 1996a, pp. 16-17 . “In L. Levanda’s article ‘Starinnye evereiskie svadebnye obichai ( Perezhitoe … now the folkdance has had been accompanied by singing and song; and not only to [modern couple dances such as] the …
Tvile
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT … “The custom of taking the bride to tvile with a crowd, with song and music and klezmorim and even dances, was … 1975, p. 13 . “On Wednesday they bring the bride... with song and dances to the bathhouse for the tvile and they also …
Tsepler-tants (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT … remains still for a precise investigation... What was the song of the tseperl-tants like? Was a [dance] description such as this made--as a song to be sung-beforehand? Or is this a completely …