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Sounds from the Divine: Religious Musical Instruments in the Ancient Near East
… if not all, known cultures of the ancient as well as the modern world. Musical sounds — whether created by human …
Aristophanes’ Phrynichos and the Orientalizing Musical Pattern
… the Orient, contrasted with the isonomic Spartan model, was connoted with stereotypes of cowardice and … ambition — a connection that, in turn, “influenced the modern scholarly association of αβpoσυvη with political …
Soothing Lyres and epôidai: Music Therapy and the Cases of Orpheus, Empedocles and David
… in his Politics (1340b7–19), where he states that “the modes and rhythms of music have an affinity (συγγένεια) …
Ancient Music in the Modern Classroom
… … Music education … Education … Ancient Music in the Modern Classroom … Yossi Maurey …
Between Tradition and Modernity
… Between Tradition and Modernity: The High Holy Days Melodies of Minhag Ashkenaz … of the new JMRC publication, Between Tradition and Modernity: The High Holy Days Melodies of Minhag Ashkenaz … … Ashkenazi … Geoffrey Goldberg … Between Tradition and Modernity … ג'פרי גולדברג …
Remarks Concerning the Use of the Melograph in Ethnomusicological Studies
… but, as we shall discuss, the data obtained suggest new modes of analysis and concept. In Jerusalem, we have used …
El Incendio de Saloniki: The Song of the Fire
… Outline The overall melodic structure, primarily in minor mode, consists of an initial upward arc, which then …
The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… liner notes Mazor writes: “One of the oldest songs in the [modern] Hebrew repertoire. The author's name, Shlomo, is … song with an “Oriental” flavor. So far we have covered the modern Zionist story of Kikhlot yeini . However, what about … song Kikhlot yeini continues to appeal to audiences in the modern era, as evidenced by the recent 2012 version by …
“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… a particular time, and specified as a melody in the Turkish mode makam husseyni . Characteristic of this version is the … book “Elef zemer ve-‘od zemer,” a practical collection of modern and old Hebrew songs intended for Israeli singing …
Four Melodies for Four Questions
… the character of the texts included in this compilation. As modernity made its inroads into Jewish homes, more metric … sources that can be grouped into two versions, one in major mode (the vast majority of the documented versions) and one in a minor mode. Both versions are pentatonic or even tetratonic and …