… founding fathers of these communities, the  conversos  from Spain and Portugal, to this holiday of mourning, remembrance … this genre included in the Sephardi liturgy were written in medieval Spain and Italy. The Sephardi order of  qinot  for the Ninth …

… that are based on ancient musical modes along with secular medieval music. Their names are derived from the belief that …

… atmosphere is further enhanced by the musical setting in a medieval style that recalls a joyful fair. The performance …

… a few possible connections.   Background Sepharad is the medieval Hebrew name for the Iberian Peninsula. The Sephardic Jews' ancestors were finally expelled from Spain in 1492 and spread around the Mediterranean. Sephardic … , and Haketía in northern Morocco.  Ladino, is based on medieval Romance languages from the Iberian Peninsula along …

… Sepharad and Yemen Shofet kol ha’aretz belongs to the medieval poetic Hebrew genre called pizmon that is … at all farfetched. Indeed the present-day availability of medieval manuscripts of Hebrew liturgical orders allow for a … on the presence of Shofet kol ha’aretz in Ashkenaz in the medieval period, apparently predating its use among …

… a presentation titled “Islands of Musical Memory: Lucena (Spain, 11th century)-Djerba and Tripoli (16th … is therefore a particular poetical and musical tradition of medieval Andalusian origins showing a continuous practice …

… opera’ for children Ludus paschalis (1970) was based on medieval Jewish and Christian texts and chants. It was … music. His oratorio H alomot be-Aspamia/Dreams of Spain (1991), commissioned by Bar Ilan University in … of the 500th anniversary of the Jewish expulsion from Spain, is one of his major works in any genre. However, not …

… cultural life, tragically bookended by the expulsion from Spain (1492) and the death-camps of the Nazis (1943). For … in their own languages.” 5 The Jews that were expelled from Spain and Portugal in 1492 carried their Judeo-Spanish … de Saloniki” also serves a similar functional role to the medieval romances noticieros (informative, narrative songs), …

… previous assumptions. Shofet kol ha’aretz belongs to the medieval poetic Hebrew genre called pizmon that is … at all farfetched. Indeed the present-day availability of medieval manuscripts of Hebrew liturgical orders allows for … on the presence of Shofet kol ha’aretz in Ashkenaz in the medieval period, apparently predating its use among …

… are also unknown, although it is most probably a late medieval poem. A loose leaf in the Cairo Genizah contains … Yahalom found 'Bore 'as ana' in a manuscript of qinot from Spain dated in 1481 ('Poetry as an expression of spiritual … pp. 337-348).    Figure 2. 'Bore 'ad ana,'  Thesaurus of Medieval Hebrew Poetry , Israel Davidson   As shown above in …