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Yaakov Huri recordings
… Berlin to Jerusalem and Back - The Letters of German-Jewish Musicologist Edith Gerson Kiwi (1908-1992),” a joint … für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover, Germany) and the Jewish Music Research Centre (Hebrew University of … document the musical traditions of the Baghdadi Jewish community. The collection includes synagogue liturgy, life …
Yehiel 'Adaki
… of Palestine) house. In Palestine, 'Adaki discovered that Jewish Yemenite singing is looked down upon, even by … met twice a week and performed at events of the Yemenite community. In 1929, he moved to Tel Aviv and married Mazal … portion), performed with his choir, and lectured about the Jewish Yemenite folklore. Additionally, 'Adaki worked with …
Tish-nigunim Ascribed to Yosl Tolner and the Aesthetics of the Genre
… as early as 1927 in a collection of Lithuanian Jewish tunes (Bernstein [1927] 1958, #95), in which it is … authorship was considered insignificant by the performing community. Nigunim ascribed to Rebbes, quite diversified in … is highlighted: Textless songs have probably been common in Jewish life for a long time. This could be connected with …
Bin Tavinu Liqnot Bina Ha'azinu
… the rapid spread of his songs all across the Mediterranean Jewish world, the local singers, unable to figure out what … that Najara meant, began using new melodies of their own community's musical tradition for his piyyutim. This led to …
Hanukkah Blessings
… Blessings while lighting the candles is a well-established Jewish family practice that is usually performed by the head … patterns. Yet, when the lighting of the candles occurred in community contexts, special musical settings were arranged. … the first two bars of the Maoz Tzur melody. Scholars of Jewish music from each generation, such as Eduard Birnbaum, …
Elohim hashivenu: A liturgical insertion for the High Holidays in Salamone Rossi's version in Italy and beyond
… 49 … 58 … 710 … Jewish liturgy evolved in a multidirectional process. … verses from diverse psalms are a widespread phenomenon in Jewish liturgy, the text under discussion is unique in that … in each repetition of this pledge of the praying voice (the community of Israel). He accomplished that by making each …
Chasidic in America
… (as can be found on the track's entry at the Freedman Jewish Sound Archive ) while others to Alexander Olshanetsky … song in an ambivalent position between the Eastern European Jewish and the Afro-American musical realms. Indeed Hankus … path often caused a rift with the leaders of the Jewish community, as many did not approve of their cantors becoming …
Yehuda Ratzaby
… His father, Rabbi Yeh'ya, was one of the leaders of the community there. While still a child studying in the local … and was awarded a doctorate. From 1964, he taught Arabic-Jewish literature and medieval Hebrew literature at Bar-Ilan …