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Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… as a symbol, provoking ipso facto strong emotional and religious feelings among listeners. Surprisingly, this topic … Gross, and Lehnardt 2016, 482). According to Jewish religious practice, the passage from Genesis is recited by … century and relied instead on oral transmission of their musical traditions. [15] The only implicit written records …
The Meaning of the Modal Framework in the Singing of Religious Hymns by Christian Arabs in Israel
… we mean the accepted framework in which a certain musical repertoire is organized, as for instance, the … Modes … Modality … Modal system … Christian Arab … Israel … Religious music … Hymns … Singing … The Meaning of the Modal Framework in the Singing of Religious Hymns by Christian Arabs in Israel … Dalia Cohen …
The Musical Realization of Biblical Cantillation Symbols (te‘amîm) in the Jewish Yemenite Tradition
… recited by the Yemenites in three different social and religious contexts: (a) the various synagogal services, of … The aim of this paper is to present the repertory of the musical renditions of the Pentateuch and to investigate the relationships between the te’amim and their musical realization within these three social contexts. … …
The Musical Passage in Ibn Ezra's "Book of the Garden"
… born in 1055 in Granada and died after 1135. He refers to music in many of his poems, mainly those describing … wine-drinking sessions; he also deals with the theory of music in two of his books: the book on poetic art, Kitab … to the development of practical music through his religious poems and penitential prayer compositions set to …
The Performance Practice of the Rig-Veda: A Musical Expression of Excited Speech
… The Veda, as is well known, is the religious lore of ancient India, crystallized during ten … importance and not to be separated from the text. The musician, observing the Vedic cantillation especially that … it a special place among the various kinds of musical expression of the world, and it has been the object …
Jewish Liturgical Forms in the Falasha Liturgy? A Comparative Study
… attracted considerable attention because of their Judaic religious practice, yet the relationship of their liturgy to … may be manifested in certain aspects of cultural life and religious practice, but all Jewish traditions share basic … to Jewish liturgical precedents. … 23452 … Jewish music … Ethiopia … Ethiopian Liturgical Traditions … …
Orality as Religious Ideal: The Music of East-European Jewish Prayer
… As a consequence of this attitude, great compositions of music - such as those of Beethoven - were often imagined as … Europe … Prayer … Jewish Prayer … Jewish … Jewish music … Religious music … Orality as Religious Ideal: The Music of East-European Jewish Prayer … …
Salamone Rossi as a Composer of "Hebrew" Music
… of Solomon,' marks a milestone in the history of sacred music as the first and, until the nineteenth century, practically only collection of religious works by a Jewish composer of art music. They were written for various combinations of three …
Sounds from the Divine: Religious Musical Instruments in the Ancient Near East
… Music is an indispensable part of religious acts in most, if … integral function of a communication medium. As for general religious beliefs, communication through music was not …
Aspects of Music Culture in the Land of Israel during the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Periods: Sepphoris as a Case Study
… years of Hellenistic culture, manifested in language, art, music, cult and thought. Yet, despite and alongside the … time offers an opportunity to examine the development of music culture in a region that was inhabited by people of … artifacts found, this paper examines aspects of religious/ethnic identity of the multifaceted population, …