… 718 … Israel … Israel …   Background Qad Zawajunī is a form of 'play song” or singing game commonly performed among the Jewish communities of central and southern Yemen. It is sung at the end of the bridal h enna ceremony as part of the repertoire of …

… Ehud Manor won the Israel Prize in 1998. As part of the reasons for the award, it was said: 'Ehud Manor, born … He needed in his library all the newspapers and all the books published in Israel. Manor was a member of the working … ('Next year'). After two years of working together, even a book of their songs ' 50 hits' was published by Maariv. At …

… This entry is part of the  Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology  (LKT). The LKT compiles a wide array of source materials that shed light on the historical and …

… In Yiddish, in most of the Hasidic dynasties, the word Fal refers to a section … of a Niggun . R. Nahman of Bratslav, for example, in his book Likutey Moharan Tinyana (the second part of Likutey … 102. [5] See for example cleving nigunnim in Zalmanoff's book. [6] Vinaver-Schleifer, Anthology of Hassidic Music , …

… 2 Petenera … Our Song of the Month is dedicated to Sephardic music and flamenco, … and distinct repertoires, are sometimes fused together. One of the primary reasons for this link is the similarity … Yet, coplas were mostly printed and distributed in chapbooks and were sung by male singers. Example 1 - Romance de …

… This entry is part of the  Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology  (LKT) . The LKT compiles a wide array of source materials that shed light on the historical and …

… This entry is part of the  Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology  (LKT). The LKT compiles a wide array of source materials that shed light on the historical and …

… I spent the summer of 1989 living in a Nazareth Illit (today Nof HaGalil) neighborhood largely populated by new immigrants … 1994, “Ethiopian Jews in Israel.” The American Jewish Year Book 94:59-109. Kaufman Shelemay, Kay, 1986,  Music, Ritual …

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… Aaron Copland was born in Brooklyn, New York, to parents of Lithuanian Jewish descent. In 1917 he began studying … Goldmark, Victor Wittgenstein and Clarence Adler in lieu of pursuing a University degree. From 1921 to 1924 Copland … studied with Nadia Boulanger at the Fontainebleau School of Music in Paris. During his time in Paris, Copland …