… for a long time now the folkdance has been accompanied by singing; and not only to [modern couple dances such as] the … dancing was banned, most often it was performed by two women...” Chochem and Roth 1978, p. 66 . ( Musical notation … [One such example is this song of Eliokum Tzunser:] ‘Women, clap! Take pleasure that both mothers-in-law are …

… allegorically represent the ancestors of the Jews who are singing the song. In both versions, the parrot or parrots … “play song” performed for special occasions by a group of women dancing in a circle, its repeated rhythmic pattern … “ ayyayya ” chorus. (See Johnson 2006.) The two Paradesi women who recorded it for me in 1977 told me that it was not …

… bride sits mutely, like a sheep before her barber, and the women wailed. Then the klezmer began to play sad melodies so as to summon up tears from the women...The badkhn stands up and at that moment becomes a preacher and cries out: Be quiet! The women begin to raise even more of a racket. Then the badkhn …

… Moshav Taoz, November 9, 1981. CD track 14; I-12. 2b. F our women from Kerala communities (not Kadavumbhagam-Kochi).  … 32 below (“Prosper Prosper!”). The four Kadavumbhagam-Kochi women living in Moshav Taoz who performed this song in 1981 … … Moshav Taoz, Israel/ Moshav Nevatim, Israel … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs of Origin and Community Identity … …

… song, as performed in the 2001 recording by two Paradesi women. Gamliel (2005, 225) suggests that it may be a riddle … is found under its wings.”    … 52 … 7 … 44276 … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs for Special Occasions … Cochin … Folk songs … India … Kerala … Women singing … Cochin … 35. A Green Bird …

… Joseph Hai. Kochi, January 9, 1977; III-23. 53c. Kerala women. Recorded by ethnomusicology students from Bar-Ilan … thirteen Torah scrolls during his final day. In some women’s notebooks this song is titled, “Song of the Thirteen … … 52 … 7 … 44327 … Kochi/ Moshav Nevatim, Israel … Splendid Singing Birds: Biblical narratives … Cochin … Folk songs … …

We present three versions of this song. The first and third ones are from Izmir and the…

… scores), early musical activity took the form of communal singing in the barracks. By 1942, Schächter's organized … success of his all-male ensemble, Schächter formed a women's chorus, which he eventually incorporated into one … Schächter's efforts inspired other musicians to organize singing groups: Karel Berman formed a girls chorus; Karel …

… were some singers who had the 'Hazakah' (privilege) of singing 'Likhvod Ha-Tanna Ha-Elokai', and the song would be … kings/ By the merits of etc. The masses in the Galilee are singing like flutes/ Whom have you here and what have you … testify to your heralding/ By the merits of etc. Children, women and blessed herd/ Whom have you here and what have you …

… A staircase they constructed for ascending there.  The women go and sit there—the ones with covered heads— So, … perspective is expressed in stanza 4, which describes the women’s section of the synagogue. The women (“those with … history.  … 52 … 7 … 44201 … Kochi/ Jerusalem … Splendid Singing Birds: Songs of Origin and Community Identity … …