(224 results found)
Piyyutim for the High Holidays
… Sephardi cantors who use it for singing other liturgical texts. The melody consists of two musical phrases repeated …
Mi-al har horev from the manuscripts of Obadiah the Proselyte
… of Mi-al har horev , and a fragment with additional Hebrew texts containing neumatic notation. The additional hymn texts Wa-Eda’ mah and Baruk’ Hag-Gever were labeled …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… bible, and there are precedents for the connection of Bible texts with Biblical chant. Furthermore, this topical motif …
Adon Olam
… a popular hymn and is sung in many Para-liturgical contexts. In the Moroccan tradition, Adon Olam is sung at …
Akedah
… References to this narrative can be found in the religious texts and secular literature of Jewish communities around …
Cleaving tune (Niggun Dvekut)
… ascribe an aura of holiness to those tunes that are sung to texts holding mystical connotations, such as the Kabbalistic …
Zemirot
… comprising an ever expanding body of folk material.' The texts of the Zemirot describe the joys and rewards of … types of melodies: 1. Liturgical style recitation of the texts in a soloist manner. This technique was commonly used with texts of changing lengths and leaned heavily on Liturgical …
Diwan
… Jewish-Yemenite poet Shalem Shabazi began to appear, these texts became the chief component of the Diwan. The Diwan …
Mitsve Tants
… morning service ( sound example 4 ). The use of these texts symbolize the wedding as the Day of Judgment in the …
Dance tune (Niggun rikud)
… dance tunes can be divided into two groups: tunes with texts and tunes without texts. These tunes, compared to those of other genres (ie. … devekut niggunim , marches, valses), generally have fixed texts which are performed mostly at weddings and at …