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The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… performers (except for Eliran) were of Yemenite or Central Asian background and their energetic performances, with … appears in later Hebrew manuscripts of Persian and Central Asian origin. Ms. Jerusalem, The National Library of Israel, …

Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… le-Tziyyon in that year and later founded the famous Gymnasia Herzliyah in Tel Aviv-Jaffa. The changes from Imber’s … 1906), who set a choral arrangement of Hatikvah for the Gymnasia Herzliyah was responsible for adding the word “bat” to …

Volekh (LKT)
… C D ... Carl Engel maintains that this scale emanated from Asia and appears in folk songs of countries such as Turkey …

Taksim (LKT)
… to the Turco-Arab manner of a rubato exploration of West Asian modes. It means something related to this, but …

Doyne (LKT)
… to the Turco-Arab manner of a rubato exploration of West Asian modes. It means something related to this, but …

The Israeli Mediterranean Style
… of the Middle East, the cradle of Judaism, rather than East Asia) or signon Mizrah-yam tikhoni (Eastern-Mediterranean …
Brakha Tzefira
… it contained songs that were not in Hebrew. Debka Fantasia and Brakha Tzefira In relation to Tzefira's role as … 'Israeli' music, the recent musical project Debka Fantasia is noteworthy. Beginning in 2008 under the direction of … of Israeli culture from its neighboring cultures. Debka Fantasia aspires to remember this fusion and to revive it, and …
Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim
… the time of year), rococo music, and even a cantorial Fantasia . On the other hand, the Eastern European music's …

Musical instruments of the Mountain Jews
… Aziatskay garmoshka (lit. 'Asian accordion'; also called 'gar - mon' or 'ghumuz' in … glissando and microtones. Sound example . Tar , the Caucasian version of the plucked longneck lute of ancient … origin, is made of chestnut and wild berry wood. The Caucasian tar has eleven strings arranged in a unique manner, …
Purim, Purim, Purim lanu
… by the Jews of North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. The present version, performed by the most …