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Semele (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology … information on this dance. There he cites all the folk songs that mention the semene/semele dance. Cahan introduces … ‘fun der xejdr zog men nit ojs’ (Zunser 1895:30)... Women, clap! You’ve gotten satisfaction: Both mothers-in-law …
Bazetsens (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology … bride sits mutely, like a sheep before her barber, and the women wailed. Then the klezmer began to play sad melodies so … [Vilna, c. 1870s-80s]. Zizmor 1922a, p. 874 . “After songs had become stylish, especially in Zunser’s times, the …
HaTofa'ah
… Directed by Lena Chapman Tofa'a is an all female Hareidi rock band. Their leader is drummer … live performances where they perform their original songs that deal with different themes inspired by Judaism. … Company … … Hatofa'ah … Hareidi Rock … Israeli Music … Women's songs … HaTofa'ah …
Brakha Tzefira
… Brakha Tzefira was born in Jerusalem in 1910. Her father emmigrated from … one neighborhhod to the next, Brakha was attracted to the songs she heard. The synagogue played a central role in the … returned to the neighborhoods she grew up in. She asked old women to sing her their songs, and she participated in local …
Hanukkah Blessings
… Singing the Hanukkah Blessings while lighting the candles is … wrote operas, four symphonies, and a number of choruses and songs. In 1858 he received the prestigious “Grand Prix de … Sopranos. Hazzan Marlena Fuerstman made the arrangement for women’s voices and conducted the ensemble. … Hanukkah … …
Women’s Roles in Judeo-Spanish Song Tradition
… … 2 … Active Voices: Women in Jewish Culture … Active Voices: Women in Jewish Culture … 38418 … Urbana, IL … … 1995 … Folk songs … Women … Sephardi … Judith R. Cohen … Maurie Sacks … …
Ya salio de la mar': Judeo-Spanish wedding songs among Moroccan Jews in Canada
… Sephardic music is broadly devided along gender lines into … the lithurgical/paralithurgical (men's repertoire) secular (women's repertoire). Wedding songs are the repertoire most specific to women. The songs …
The Sound of a Women's Voice: Gender and Music in a New York Hasidic Community
… On Lubavitcher hasidim. The book was originally published in 1987 as Contributions in Women's Studies No. 79 by Greenwood Press Inc. Westport, CT. … … 213-224 … Urbana IL … University of Illinois Press … … Songs … Song … Hassidic … Chabad - Habad … 1989 … Song … …
Women’s Songs from the Yemen: their Tonal Structure and Form
… … 2 … The Commonwealth of Music in Honor of Curt Sachs … The Commonwealth of Music in … New York … … 1965 … Yemenite … Edith (Esther) Gerson Kiwi … Women’s Songs from the Yemen: their Tonal Structure and Form …
Oh, Lovely Parrot!
… For centuries, the Jewish women of Cochin have been singing Jewish songs in the Malayalam language of Kerala, their ancient …