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Qad Zawajunī - Here I Was Wed
… this female Jewish repertoire is manifested in the songs' themes, such as the internal spiritual world of the individual and one's relationship with God, themes that are attributed mainly to Jewish men's songs … “Bridal Songs and Ceremonies from San’a.” In Studies in Biblical and Jewish Folklore , edited by R. Patai, F.L …

«A Special Kind of Antisemitism»: On Russian Nationalism and Jewish Music
… a composer of Jewish origins who wrote a piece on Jewish themes would necessarily be creating Jewish , not European … focus on was his Jewish name: “Solomon! Why, it smells Biblical!” He kept repeating the name “Solomon,” Rosowsky … fixation with the idea of Jews as a primitivist link to biblical Hebraic glory. This image – shared by other …
1. El Atán, el Atado y el Ara (Et Sha'arei Ratzon)
… c. 1100-Aleppo 1167). The poem is a moving retelling of the biblical account of the Binding of Isaac by his father … cancelation by divine intervention (Genesis 22:1-14). The biblical narrative is expanded in the piyyut with midrashim (post-biblical commentaries) that elaborate the original narrative …

Steiger
A term in use in the European Jewish musical tradition to refer to the different modal…

A.Z. Idelsohn: A Pioneer in Jewish Ethnomusicology
… Jewish music was motivated by the belief that the music of biblical times survived in the living traditions of Jewish …
A Flowering Debate: A Judeo-Spanish Song (not just) for Tu BiShvat
… last line of the stanza rhymes with the refrain, usually a Biblical verse. In addition the Salonika version ends with a …
Sara Levi-Tanai
… and expressive movements. Her choreography often presented biblical stories, traditional Yemenite dances, and themes of exile and redemption, resonating deeply with the …

Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… that reached Imber while still in Rumania in 1878. The themes and phrasings of this poem have polyphonic resonances … of Hatikvah . Alternatively, scholars have invocated the Biblical ‘Vision of the Dried Bones’ (Ezekiel 37, 11-12) as … Central and Eastern Europe. On the other hand, the “Biblical” thesis speaks more about a desire to ground the …

The Hallelôt in the Yemenite Dīwān (Hebrew)
… Israel or the guest of honour. There follow references to biblical figures, biblical events, the mizw ô t , and the yearning for …

Cancionero Sefardí de Turquía (SMR Bresler Collection)
… Festivals) … Children songs … Life cycle … Wedding songs … Biblical … Modern … Children … Shalosh Regalim … Sephardi … …