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The Rules of the Oral Transmission of the Mishnah According to the Aleppo Tradition
… being fixed in writing, it was read and studied in Jewish communities without the aid of graphic signs such as the …
Inventing Jewish Music
… It was 1848, and the music of central Europe's Jewish communities was in a state of chaos. In the cities, …
Songs of Grief and Hope: Ancient Western-Sephardi Melodies of Qinot for the Ninth of Av
… particular musical richness are the qinot of the Sephardi communities of the Western Hemisphere. Perhaps the intense attachment of the founding fathers of these communities, the conversos from Spain and Portugal, to …
The Priestly Blessing in the Ashkenazi Synagogue: Ritual and Chant
… from under the prayer shawls of the kohanim . All Jewish communities from Yemen to Lithuania cherish special chants …
Sounds from under the Ashes: The Music of Cults and Mysteries in the Ancient Vesuvian Land
… In the Roman period, the communities inhabiting the land dominated by the threatening … with the themes and the customs of the Italic and Etruscan communities. In the year 79 CE the volcano erupted, sealing …
Remarks Concerning the Use of the Melograph in Ethnomusicological Studies
… from many different cultural backgrounds, as well as Arab communities whose culture has remained intact. Our work …
The Cantorial Fantasia of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
… of the solo performed by the precentor or Cantor in the communities of Western Asheknaz (the lands near the Rhine …
Rabbi Meir Eleazar Atiya
… very specific liturgical practices from different Jewish communities in Morocco, in the face of their vanishing under …
The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… song Kikhlot yeini, which used to be performed in Jewish communities on Purim, especially in Germany, is one of those … led to print and manuscript distribution among Sephardic communities in the Ottoman Empire, independently of its …
“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… and vicissitudes in Spain that greatly affected the Jewish communities there. In 1140 Ibn Ezra immigrated to Italy, and … only among Sephardic Jews and those from the Middle-Eastern communities. It is possible to distinguish between two … of modern and old Hebrew songs intended for Israeli singing communities. [15] Its inclusion in such a book attests to …