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Brakha Tzefira
… field of Israeli folksongs (Zemer Ivri), and produced more 'popular' music in the form of songs usually with piano …
Elohim Eshala
… "Ve-ha-Kohen”). The second song is “Ah! Ofra,” a song popularized by Sara Levy Tanai. Shlomo Dahiyani's version … Moshe Wilensky (NSA K-334) is instructive. As a composer of popular music, Wilensky had no pretensions in his … of Elohim Eshala by Israeli composers of Western art and popular music during the 1950’s. Such arrangements had …
Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim
… the rabbis' reservations, the response verses remained popular, although the variety of responses is diverse and …
Almonds and Raisins
… were made in Yiddish. In Almonds and Raisins (named after a popular Yiddish song), director Russ Karel and narrator … of which star cantor Moyshe Oysher who sings both Yiddish popular songs and Jewish liturgical music. This film is an …
Tipat Mazal (A Bit of Luck)
… is directed by and stars Ze'ev Ravach. It is about Zuzu, a popular Jewish Moroccan singer and the hardships that he and … place in Morocco at a wedding, he sings Abiadi Yana, a popular Moroccan song that is usually sung during Henna …
Hora
… style of the Israeli Hora, was adopted from one of the popular figures of the Freylekhs . Although, from watching …
Society for Jewish Folk Music
… in an encounter that was to have impacts on classical and popular music to this day. Vladimir Stasov, music historian … written in Palestine and later Israel, as well as Israeli popular and folk music. Without their work, there would be … piano (most are for violin). The tune is the basis for a popular Israeli lullaby. “ As ich volt gehat ” (If I had the …
Contrafactum
… above the first line of their poem a reference to a certain popular melody to which the lyrics could be sung. A famous … (the text in the red square is the reference to the popular melody in which the piyyut is ought to be sung) This method of adaptation probably evolved due to the popularity of existing folk songs making it easy to sing and …
Freylekhs
… Yiddish term, popularly used to refer to a joyful Niggun, and is still … Klezmer repertoire in Eastern Europe, and were the most popular amongst the Dance tunes . Support for this …
Admor
… often, while others tried going at least once a year. The popular times to travel to the Tsadik were before … rabbi, the Hassid expects to 'receive a blessing'. In the popular meaning, this is a specific blessing for something …