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Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… and below each word. However, the chant also has clear musical features, with a variety of scales, motives, … the purpose “of establishing an aural-spatial context for religious performance, inspiring and expressing a state of religious spirituality” (2000, 14). The present analysis …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… in Binder’s book, would sound familiar to most Jews with a religious background but would be meaningful to secular Jews … L’artzeinu. The Yiddish lyrics of this song are deeply religious in nature and talk about the coming of the … the Yiddish world with its unique combination of secular, religious, Zionist, and radical ideologies found their own …
David Berger
… from the suburbs of Chicago, Cantor Berger received a BA in Religious Studies with a focus in Jewish Studies from the … Institute of Religion, Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music for cantorial school where he received cantorial …
Vemen vestu zingen, vemen? Leibu Levin Performs in Yiddish
… in southwestern Ukraine). This new production of the Jewish Music Research Centre prepared around the centennial of … about the poets. You can also find this album on Apple Music , or download MP3s on Amazon . … 7 … 38846 … 1 CD + … … Historical recordings … Modern Yiddish stage … Non-religious Yiddish music … USSR … Yiddish … Yiddish songs … …
Qad Zawajunī - Here I Was Wed
… segregation was variable depending on the level of religious observance in each specific community. For … men's songs (including liturgical and para-liturgical music). The repertoire also deals with themes that reflect … and rural Jewish women in Yemen. In accordance to the rigid religious lifestyle of the cities, the urban women were seen …

Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… legislative design. Because of the “folk” origins of its music and the re-writing of Naftali Herz Imber’s poem … song) is the “true” original melody. A Secular Anthem, Religious Song, Concert Lied or Popular Hit? The reception … this official sanctification below in more detail. A religious song from West to East The reception of Hatikvah …
Karev Yom
… The interview was held at the initiative of the Israeli music connoisseur and collector Dudi Patimer. Speaking live … firmly attached to the land, free from the shackles of religious Jewish Orthodoxy and sexually appealing. It … to pass at midnight! As hinted above, Bikel transforms this religious poem into an unassuming folk song liberated from …

Rabbi Shlomo Carlibach's music in it's cultural context: 1950-2005
… An overview of the most influential figures in the field of religious music to emerge from the American Jewish scene in the 1960s … … … 2008 … Sarah Weidenfeld … Rabbi Shlomo Carlibach's music in it's cultural context: 1950-2005 …

Zemerl (LKT)
… and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations from … get the full reference. “...a zemerl [pl. zmires ]...is a religious folk song in Hebrew or Aramaic sung on the … liturgy, commonly sung to a variety of tunes, as a zemerl (religious folk song).” Schlesinger, Alpert, Rubin 1989 . ( …
Ehad mi Yodea - Its sources, variations, and parodies
… focusing on changes introduced to the text and the music within different historical contexts and local Jewish … version has become a popular song among Yiddish and klezmer musicians over the past few decades. Performers and adapters … floats in heaven and on earth.” However, the content of the religious song is subverted, not necessarily in a positive …