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The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… of a popular polonaise. The song includes a rather amusing middle section without text, either a vocalese or an … by the 18 th century Sephardim sang Kikhlot yeini , at least in Italy and perhaps even in Baghdad, on Purim. The …
Elohim Eshala
… and late Romantic techniques employed to represent the “Middle East,” underscores the composer's classical European … recorded the song accompanied by a sharqi ensemble (lit. “Middle Eastern” Arab ensemble). This recording of the song …
Minhah
… service is additionally unique in that it is recited in the middle of the day, therefore interrupting the flow of the …

Khupe-marsh (LKT)
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…

Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… and commercial recordings throughout the European, Middle Eastern and American Jewish diasporas, was a crucial … utmost case shows how widespread our song was through the Middle East. [44] Even in the present, the singing of …
Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim
… Three Pilgrimage Festivities and the High Holy Days. The Eastern European communities took the limitations the … for the Priestly Blessing. Paradoxically, it was, at least in part, because the Ashkenazi Diaspora communities … H abad H assidim, which was composed by the Kfa'lieh of the middle Rebbe (Rebbe Dov Ba'ar of Lubavic- 1774-1828), and …
Sholom Secunda
… as a cantor in New York. The Secunda's settled in the Lower East Side of New York City in a tenement building on 12th … to lead services at the Thalia Theater on the Lower East Side. It was then that he came into contact with … to send actors and composers outside of New York for at least three years before considering their candidacy. In …

Sher
… ago and that it was ‘Jewishized’ to a great extent (at least musically). A broader, more definitive statement can be … the ‘sher’ dance was even in use among Jews during the Middle Ages and moved with them over time to Eastern Europe. … and the main dance for the young people was ‘vals’... Middle-aged Jews would dance ‘balgareske,’ ‘kozatshok,’ and …
Tish-nigunim Ascribed to Yosl Tolner and the Aesthetics of the Genre
… of a type of music unparalleled in the central-eastern European landscape: Hasidic tish-nigunim. Nigunim … Third degree of the natural minor as a resting point in the middle sections of the melody 36–51 Ex. 4, 5–8 Ex. 5, 5–8 … Brounoff, Platon. 1911. Jewish Folk Songs; 50 Songs for Middle Voice and Piano Accompaniment . New York: Charles K. …