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Purim, Purim, Purim lanu
… and played an important role in the dissemination in Western Europe and North Africa of the “new” style of … of Israel, Turkey and Greece. Through this collection, the Western Jewish communities became familiar with the songs of …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… Avenary concludes that each of the three regions of Western Ashkenaz consolidated their own variants of the … their different modality the two melodies, the “common” or Western and the “alternative” or Eastern, one have some …
Akdamut millin
… is in a psalmodic style and the other is set to a modern Western melody. … Akdamut millin …
Badhan
… Hebrew lit. entertainer. A merrymaker, rhymester, and musician who entertains primarily at weddings. … Professional Jewish singers called badhanim or leizanim ('jesters') are mentioned in medieval rabbinical literature …
Minhah
… by the kaddish, before reciting Psalm 84. Some of the western European Sephardic communities excluded the Pitum … of Talmud study. In still other communities, such as the western European Sephardim, the cantor chants the last three …
Esther
… Heb. Megillat Ester. The scroll of Esther is recited on Purim and recounts …
Ma'oz Tzur
… the most commonly sung version of this hymn comes from the Western European Ashkenazi tradition dating back to the 15th …
La pratique musicale savante dans quelques communautes juives en Europe aux XVIIe–XVIIIe siecles
… Covers the emergence of the practice of Western Art Music in European Jewish communities (Italy, …
Judeo-Spanish Moroccan Songs for the Life Cycle
… was published as a cassette. Performers: Alicia Bendayan , Ester Davida, Ginette Benabu, Jaky Benabu, Menashe Elbaz, …