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Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
… Melngailis’s collection that relate specifically to Baltic cultures are rather an exception. Recruiting folk songs in … of the theory of the proto-Indo-European roots of European cultures, a theory grounded on strong linguistic evidence. … this negative view of the Asian origins of European cultures contrasts with a predominant Zionist rhetoric that …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… scale, thus enriching the pentatonic music in various cultures. Chailley applied Brailoiu’s observations in …
Robert Lachmann: His Achievement and His Legacy
… Musicology in Israel for both the Jewish and the Arab cultures. The following lines are dedicated to the …
Persistence and Transformation of a Sephardi - Penitential Hymn under Changing Environmental Conditions
… upon the comparison of tunes influenced by different music cultures. Idelsohn did not content himself with the …
Sounds from the Divine: Religious Musical Instruments in the Ancient Near East
… part of religious acts in most, if not all, known cultures of the ancient as well as the modern world. Musical …
The Ala-Instrument: its Identification and Role
… in contemporary Iraq; thus comparisons with other musical cultures from around the world must be made. In making …
Rabbi Meir Eleazar Atiya
… personality, which bridged Arab-Muslim and Arab-Jewish cultures without unnecessary clichés. The recognition of his …
El Incendio de Saloniki: The Song of the Fire
… of Greeks acknowledging the ways in which Sephardic musical cultures shaped and interacted with daily life in Saloniki …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… against the background of the various Ashkenazi musical cultures. The Ashkenazi tradition of this pizmon comprises …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… and Language: Hebrew Culture in Israel , 1890-1990, in Cultures of the Jews: A New History , ed. David Biale. New … Locus and Language: Hebrew Culture in Israel, 1890-1990, in Cultures of the Jews: A New History , ed. David Biale. New …