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Romanza - Romance
A unique genre in the Sephardic Jews musical tradition. A narrative poem, a ballad,…

Lezginka
Lezginka is a dance form popular in northern Caucasus played mostly on zurnov (today…
43. El infant cautivo (Çakum Effendi)
This romance (CMP H16) was popular among the Eastern Sephardic Jews (especially in…
Bore ‘ad ana – A Dirge for the Ninth of Av and its Geographical Distribution
… for the Ninth of Av among the Sephardic and Oriental Jewish communities. The identity of the author is unknown, … Hebrew], Exile and diaspora: studies in the history of the Jewish people presented to Professor Haim Beinart on the … However, his musical renditions of other, much longer texts is spotless. Why does he “reinvent” “Bore ‘ad ana”? Or …
Sara Levi-Tanai
… to dance and theater in Israel. Her works, deeply rooted in Jewish and Yemenite traditions, significantly shaped … Levi-Tanai was born in Jerusalem to a family of Yemenite Jewish immigrants. Her parents emigrated from Yemen as part of the wave of Jewish migration in the late 19th. Despite significant …

Fiddler on the Move: Exploring the Klezmer World
… made brides weep and guests dance at weddings throughout Jewish eastern Europe before the culture was destroyed in …
Hadas Rishony
… on several projects led by Professor Edwin Seroussi at the Jewish Musical Research Center and was also a teaching …
Samuel Adler
… abroad. (According to: 'Samuel Adler' in Milken Archive of Jewish Music. For the full biography click here ) … … Composer … Conductor … Author … Jewish music … Cantor … American composers … Samuel Adler …
5. Mi-Pi El (De Boca del Dio)
… of Simhat Torah. Despite its enormous diffusion throughout Jewish communities and its appearance in countless printed … when compared to the recorded versions we include here. Texts Mi-pi El, mi-pi El Yevoraj kol Israel De boca del Dio, …

Portuguese Hatzi Qadish, Amsterdam, 18th century
… Eighteenth-century notated sources of Jewish liturgical music are rare, and the discovery of a new … Hazzan Lopes Cardozo, Irma Robles de Lopes Cardozo, to the Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem through the Jewish Music Research Centre. This document is intimately …