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The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… … Track 14 from the 1998 JMRC recording Nights in Canaan, Early Songs of the Land of Israel (1882-1946) . … Not all traditional Jewish holiday … study of this song, Ayelet Ettinger has shown that as early as 1450/1 an imitation of Kikhlot yeini , in fact a …
“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… with the coming of Elijah the Prophet and the redemption of Israel from its enemies. The paytan (poet) pictorially … published in many diverse locations and periods. Among the early printings that should be emphasized is “ Seder … It was recorded by Jewish artists from the East in very early recordings. Cantor Yitzhak Algazi recorded the Ottoman …
Four Melodies for Four Questions
… New Findings about the 'Traditional' Israeli Melody for Mah Nishtanah Jewish music research … (New York: Bloch Pub. Co, 1925). In Europe during the early 20 th century, we should mention the presence of this … Ashkenazi tunes Not all Ashkenazi homes, at least by the early 20 th century, followed the traditional “gemara …
Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… more accessible, communal modes of prayer. Friedman’s early compositions were designed to be accompanied by simple … for You listen with compassion to the prayer of Your people Israel. Blessed are You, Lord, who listens to prayer. [2] … this harmonic progression appears in popular music of the early 1990s as a signifier of hope and optimism. Moreover, …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… the Sephardic liturgy and appears also, since at least the early eighteenth century, in the Yemenite rite during the … Manuscripts (hereby: IMHM) at the National Library of Israel, we can reconstruct with a certain degree of accuracy … Tyrnau, an Austrian rabbi active in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries in Vienna and its vicinities who …
Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… mishpati ya-avor” (Why do you say, Jacob / Why declare, Israel // My way is hid from the Lord / And by my God my … in Esther trope; the two pitch centers are not as clearly established and the switch is not as stark. Example 9 … into the new key. The etnaḥta phrase in Example 9 moves clearly into D minor. …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… l/sites/default/files/attachments/Idelsohn%20-%20Am%27cha%20Yisrael.jpg … In 1926, in “New Palestinean [sic] Folk Songs” … sections. The text draws from poetic formulae common in early Zionist Hebrew poetry. In Zionist songbooks and … cantillation, he was also one of the most important early collectors and arrangers of Zionist music in America. …
Haynt Iz Purim, Brider
… and transferred to the Sound Archive, National Library of Israel, ZP 00024 (078), no. 4. … 'Haynt iz Purim,' Daniel … borrowed for this play, as was the standard practice in the early Yiddish theater. ‘Flaker, Feirel, Flaker’ crossed the … at the beginning of this article. Goldfarb’s version is clearly taken from the zamelbukh , except that it is …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… not derive from Smetana nor from a Sephardic prayer. And an early Zionist pioneer did not compose it spontaneously. Nor did it become the national anthem of the State of Israel until very recently. The truth is that Hatikvah (“The Hope”) is a perfect example of the early Zionist movement’s creative drive and haphazard, …
Karev Yom
… life of those times… Theodore Bikel On October 2, 2014, Israeli anchor Gabi Gazit interviewed Theodore Bikel … Speaking live from Los Angeles to Tel Aviv, Bikel was nearly offended when Gazit asked him if the interview should … the end of the interview, when asked if he remembers his early days in Tel Aviv, Bikel responded simply with the …