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El Incendio de Saloniki: The Song of the Fire
… a number of twentieth-century coplas , a form that offers poetic commentary on historical events and Jewish … as Saloniki, Istanbul, and Livorno. 6 Through the copla, poetic commentary arises in the Judeo-Spanish language … de Saloniki in her book Entre dos o más fuegos, Fuentes poetics para la historia de los sefardíes de los balcanes . …
The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… song is in fact a later creation by a still-unidentified poet also named Shlomo. This peculiar satirical poem … the borderline between medieval secular and sacred poetry characteristic of the Andalusian Sephardic milieu. … of Kikhlot yeini tell a story, as follows: a friend of the poet called Moshe (Moses) has invited him to a banquet. The …
Arba Otiyot
… This CD is dedicated to piyutim (sung sacred poetry) of the Jews of the Tafilalt (Berb. Tāfīlālt) region, …
“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… Rabbi Abraham Ibn Ezra, considered onle of the last great poets of the Spanish 'Golden Age' of Hebrew poetry. Ibn Ezra was born in Tudela, Spain in 1089 and died … in various locales, Ibn Ezra wrote Biblical commentary, poetry, research on Hebrew grammar, writings concerning …
Four Melodies for Four Questions
… approach to this learning ritual, which allowed musical and poetic elements from the outside world to enter the Jewish …
Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… the second octave leap, from the tonic to the dominant. A poetic interpretation would suggest that by this gesture, …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… and Yemen Shofet kol ha’aretz belongs to the medieval poetic Hebrew genre called pizmon that is characterized by a … phrase is composed of two motifs which subdivide the long poetic verse of thirteen or more syllables. Avenary is able … and Spanish-Portuguese versions. The scansion of the poem’s poetic structure, i.e. the two sections of each verse, and …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… consists of two distinctive sections. The text draws from poetic formulae common in early Zionist Hebrew poetry. In Zionist songbooks and collections from the first … Michl Gelbart. Goichberg (1893-1970) was a Yiddish teacher, poet, and editor of a number of educational Yiddish books. …
Haint Iz Purim, Brider, Part II
… piyyut with an alphabetical acrostic that functions as a poetical extension of the blessing by the megillah reader … the popular Hassidic niggun used as a setting for Kipnis' poetry. In addition to those suggested at the time by Yaakov … adopted this wordless Hassidic niggun as a hora dance. The poet Levin Kipnis therefore had several venues to access to …
Haynt Iz Purim, Brider
… that is known today has an author, the Vilna-born Yiddish poet Mordekhai (Mark) Rivesman (1868-1924, left) and is …