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“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… Tradition A. Z. Idelsohn first published the Ottoman/Iraqi melody in 1922-23, with two versions published in two … the Jews from Ottoman Salonica from whom he heard this melody in Jerusalem. [7] While the Babylonian version (which … not associated with a particular time, and specified as a melody in the Turkish mode makam husseyni . Characteristic …
Four Melodies for Four Questions
… New Findings about the 'Traditional' Israeli Melody for Mah Nishtanah Jewish music research rarely … the 20th century. Two notable publications containing the melody are Israel Goldfarb and Samuel E. Goldfarb, The … early 20 th century, we should mention the presence of this melody in the exceptionally popular A. M. Silbermann and …
Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… ensemble, The Chevra, [6] Abie Rotenberg (whose melody appears on the fourth album of the band, Dveykus), … chose to take a different compositional route and set the melody in the major scale. In Ashkenazi cantorial music, the … Yet, Friedman nevertheless succeeded in creating a moving melody that suggests a new way of interpreting Shema’ …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… IMHM, F 13782). Even more interesting is the mention of the melody of Shofet kol ha’aretz in the manuscript of the … appears the superscription “Be-niggun [according to the melody of] Shofet kol ha’aretz.” This is the earliest … this manuscript there was an awareness that a traditional melody for Shofet kol ha’aretz was already in place and …
Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… cantillation may seem antithetical to the kind of fusion of melody and speech that Judit Frigyesi describes in … Eastern Ashkenazi contexts. As Frigyesi observes, “Melody is not an additional element, but part and parcel of … it, and vice versa: text is inconceivable without its melody” (2000, abstract). And yet, the idea of a fusion of …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… – On to Our Land.” Binder indicates that this is a Yemenite melody and gives no attribution for the text. In many ways, … and 1940s. [1] What drew my attention to this song was its melody, one which I had learned in connection with the … sure that I had found a classic example of an old Yiddish melody that was reclaimed by Hebrewists in Europe or …
Haint Iz Purim, Brider, Part II
… to this question – the original source of the 'Hag Purim' melody – will remain an open one. According to Elie Halevy … had several venues to access to this famous Hassidic melody. After its “adoption” by the Zionists, the Belz …
Haynt Iz Purim, Brider
… many the “founder” of modern Yiddish theatre. Indeed, the melody appears for the first time, with different words of … English title ‘Shepherds’ Song.’ The two sections of the melody appear as two separate items (nos. 21 and 22) in the … song that became popular following the zamelbukh , the melody in Goldfaden’s version is slower (Andante), dramatic, …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… users, attempts at reconstructing the “true origins” of the melody and text of Hatikvah as known in the present have … and the musical contrafactum (adaption of a preexisting melody to a new text) behind which Hatikvah was conceived. … to better adjust the text to the rhythmic pattern of the melody. Another source credits educator and Zionist activist …
Karev Yom
… the last stanza of Yannai’s ancient piyyut set to a special melody is for the moment unknown. The present musical … it with a modern existence as an independent song. This melody was widespread in Israel, and even entered the … le-limude ha-Yahadut 'Selah', vol. 1, 1964, p.206). The melody is attributed there and in various other sources to …