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The Fall of Jerusalem in Song: The Ashkenazi Melody She’eh ne’esar
… Hacohen, NLI, Yc 197 … 714 … In his pioneer publication Hebrew Hymn Melodies : The Rise and development of a Musical … of the Second Temple. Eventually this date was associated with other catastrophes in Jewish history. In spite of its … structure [that] gives it the stamp of the common European song.” Melody emerges in this case from the poetic form and …
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… Lebanese coastline, overlooking the Mediterranean seaboard. With me, I carry a treasure, a piece of lost musical … mobile phone is the copy of a 78rpm record of a pizmon , a Hebrew para-liturgical hymn called “ Yom Yom Odeh ” (Every … and poetic texts with melodies from pre-existing popular songs, a practice with roots in the sixteenth century that …
The “Jewish Baroque”: The Allure of a Modern Musical Affair
… . Birnbaum introduces in it the score of Kol haneshamah , a Hebrew piece by composer Cristiano Giuseppe Lidarti … in celebrated), these artistic pieces for solo or choir with instrumental accompaniment where hardly known to the … arranged as a mini-cantata. We titled this cantata “Song for the Inauguration of the Portuguese Synagogue” …
Nuestro Señor Eloheinu/Las tablas de la Ley: A Song for Shavuot
… Our song of the month concerns a Sephardic song commonly sung on … is not always sung in Judeo-Spanish, nor is it always sung with the same stanzas or melody. In some contexts it may be … Istanbul. Here we encounter our song as a piyyut , with a Hebrew text, titled “Adonay hu elohenu” (The Lord is our …
Moshe Attias
… The Jewish Music Research Centre announces with sadness the recent passing of Cheikh Mwijo (1937-2020), … that as a token of gratitude, Ben Haroush left him his songbooks, which had also been handed down to him. The … very remarkable feature demonstrates his resistance to the Hebrew-centered ethos of the Zionist movement and the …
In The Land Of The Pyramids: A Secular Take On Passover
… Studying songs for Passover offers us a rich field of inquiry into … , performed by the Coro Hebraeico conducted by Neil Levin with Amy Goldstein as soprano soloist. The piece was … both in the Yiddish-speaking world as well as in the modern Hebrew song repertoire in the Land of Israel. I am grateful …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… Niggun ‘Akedah is an Ashkenazi melody firmly associated with the Binding of Isaac, which was sung to texts in both Hebrew and Yiddish. Many of these texts touch directly upon … of the Binding of Isaac and was also used for additional songs in Hebrew and Yiddish, the content of which relates to …
Idelsohn: The Founder and Builder of the Science of Jewish Music – A Creator of Jewish Song
… It is with great pleasure that we present A. Irma Cohon's account … she met her future husband, then a rabbinic student at the Hebrew Union College. They were married in 1912 upon their … towards traditional Jewish observances, the Hebrew language, and the idea Of Jewish peoplehood' in … of the Science of Jewish Music – A Creator of Jewish Song … A. Irma Cohon …
Yemenite Qasīd Songs (Hebrew)
… other types in content and in language. The poems are folk songs, light, entertaining, and amusing in content. They are … so that the simpler people and the women, who did not know Hebrew very well, could understand them. Those who copied … diwans is only a remnant of a rich repertoire forgotten with the passage of time. The composers of these songs were …
The Cantorial Fantasia of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
… in a very specific style. The category of synagogue song we shall illustrate and analyse may be called a … in its general signification of a composition in free form, with a strong touch of improvisation. This special branch … Cantors … 9433 … Cantorials … Hazzanim - Cantors … Hebrew cantillation … Synagogue music … Western Ashkenaz … …