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Bernardo Feuer
… which still bears his name. Feuer composed works based on texts by Jewish poets such as Chaim Nachman Bialik, Isaac …
The Liturgy of Beta Israel: Music of the Ethiopian Jewish Prayer
Some scientific enterprises, like good wine, mature over a long period of time. The…
The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… region is a Hebrew song printed in the anthology of Hebrew texts for the young, edited by Mendel E. Stern, titled …
Four Melodies for Four Questions
… one of the main home rituals. The Haggadah , the order of texts recounting the Exodus from Egypt, is read before and … (casuistry of Oral Law passages and other pedagogical texts) with liturgical ones (blessings, prayers and psalms). … musical repertoire for the performance of the Haggadah ’s texts grew exponentially through time (see for example our …
Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… of its festive character, is used to express ideas and texts related to glory, kingdom, and lordship. However,the …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… in place and could be transferred to the singing of other texts. The thirteen to fourteen century Ashkenazi Mahzor at … moved eastwards, as it contains many Eastern Ashkenazi texts added later in its margins. Through manuscripts such … Bible, and there are precedents for the connection of Bible texts with Biblical chant. Furthermore, this topical motif …

Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… intoned reading of Torah, Haftarah, and other Biblical texts in liturgical contexts—has attracted the attention of scholars ever since the … and suggest hearings that link them with their respective texts and liturgical occasions. [2] I use the term “mode” in …
Haint Iz Purim, Brider, Part II
… by their adoption to modern Yiddish and Hebrew song texts. References Brown, Arianne. 2007. The Khanzntes – …
Haynt Iz Purim, Brider
… The tune thus became known in Israel, and other Hebrew song texts were adapted to it. The Yiddish song by Rivesman was …
Vemen vestu zingen, vemen? Leibu Levin Performs in Yiddish
… transcription, transliteration and translation of all the texts into English, Hebrew and Russian as well as …