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Mi-pi el
… Torah. Some ascribe it to R. Elazar ha-Bavli (13th century, Baghdad), but this attribution has not been confirmed. … Ten …
Nahôn libbo is hujire – Whole-heartedly is the fearful believer
… קוֹנִי The piyyut Nahôn libbo by Rabbi Nissim Mazliah of Baghdad (end of the eighteen century to beginning of the …
An Ashkenazi version of “Ehad mi yode’a” in…Arabic
… Allah hu) corresponds to the Judeo-Arabic version from Baghdad (see below). These puzzling details led to the … the ones from the ancient cities of Aleppo (Syria) and Baghdad (Iraq). The Arabic versions open “Min ye’elam umin … הוּא וּאָחֵד: The second sharqi version, the one from Baghdad, is performed here by Hazzan David Huri (a most …
Songs of Palestinian Jews from the Collection of Isaac Lurie (1913)
… provinces of Greater Syria (Aleppo and Urfa) and Iraq (Baghdad), as well as from Iran (Shiraz), Yemen and Morocco … of the present selection (80.5 %) are items by Jews from Baghdad (11), Shiraz (9) and Yemen (9), all three … were very prolific such as Ezra ben Hakham David from Baghdad (11 pieces recorded on Monday, July 21 of which …
El Shokhen Shamayim - A Recorded Pearl of Andalusian Hebrew Music from Algeria Recovered
… on in a variety of Eastern sources, notably Sefer haShirim (Baghdad, 1906) and Shirei Yisrael be-Eretz ha-Qedem … For example, the version from Sefer haShirim of Baghdad has an entirely different last stanza in comparison …
Fog al-Nakhal (فوق النخل): Multicultural and Transnational Journeys of an Iraqi Folksong
… age seven onward, who traveled as a child from Mosul to Baghdad to study Iraqi maqam from the greatest singers of … “Fog al-Nakhal” from Bombay Among the Jewish community of Baghdad, the melody of “Fog al-Nakhal” was also known as … conducted field recordings of Jewish immigrants from Baghdad to Bombay, including Jacob Baher in 1984, who moved …
Salim Shibith (Salim Ha-Cohen)
… the tradition while listening to performances in homes and Baghdadi coffee houses. Shibith reportedly took the … and poetry to augment his education at a Jewish school in Baghdad. We hear a familiar story: Shibith was requested to …
Hisqil Qassab
… among the Jews of Iraq. 'Hesqil Saul Qassab was born in Baghdad in the last decade of the nineteenth century. The … Iraqi singer … Makam … Recitation … Maqam … Iraq … Singer … Baghdadi … Hisqil Qassab …
Abraham Salman
… Blind from the age of two, he studied music as a child in Baghdad’s school for blind Jewish children. The school was … to secure their livelihood. Salman became a member of the Baghdad Radio Orchestra and a favored accompanist of some of … Literature Shohat, Ella. (2008). “The Buena Vista Baghdad Club.” In Jewish Topographies: Visions of Space, …
Yaqub Murad al-‘Amari (aka Yaqub Bar-Nay)
… employed by the Iraqi Broadcasting Ensemble in Baghdad as oud and nay player as well as composer, until he … player, composer, vocalist … Iraqi Broadcasting Ensemble in Baghdad … Oriental Music Orchestra … oud player … nay player …