… A large portion of Najara's piyyutim are based on Turkish, Arab, Spanish and Greek songs, or on Hebrew piyyutim he … of these songs appear at the title of the piyyut. These musical codes, which probably had a clear meaning at the … line of the foreign songs appeared in Hebrew letters. The musical meaning of Najara's musical instructions was blurred …

… (Berlin 1892- Jerusalem 1939), the founder of comparative musicology and one of themost important researchers of Near East and Far East music. He began his research in Berlin where he helped to … The Hebrew University … Yuval Studies … … 1971 … Music … Arab Music … Orient … Djerba … Archives … Ethnomusicology … …

… old city of Jerusalem, she and her friends were exposed to Arabic songs and melodies. They used to challenge themselves … words of Hebrew poems, especially those of Bialik, to the Arabic or Sephardic melodies that they liked. Later on in … His wife Hadassah, Brakha's beloved teacher, encouraged her musical talents, and proposed that Tzefira should sing …

… A piyut in the form of a classical Arabic qasida (a long ode consistingof verses divided into … the text, a common accurrence in several genres of moroccan music. Several transitional sections in the song allow for … Hebrew Songs from the Saharan Maghreb … Choral, Choral music … Choirs, Choral … Choirs … Choral music … …

… and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations from … Although Braun states that ‘the intrinsic features of the Arab taksim... are preserved in Beregovski’s … piece is a Romaninan doina, with no Jewish, let alone ‘Arab’ features. Beregovski had observed that the distinction …

… in sections according to the different Turkish makam s (musical modes), titled Shirei Israel be-eretz ha-qedem … to makam  Rast places this version in the realm of Turkish music. Secondly, the title clearly delineates its … we find that all variants share a common structure of four musical phrases of relatively equal length, with similar …

… The Jewish Music Research Centre of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem … of the relations and differences between the Moroccan Arab and Hebrew traditions of Andalusian music, and by his … age, we can celebrate his unique personality, which bridged Arab-Muslim and Arab-Jewish cultures without unnecessary …

… teacher. He played with some of the greatest stars of Iraqi music, including Nazem al-Ghazali, Salima Morad, Muhammed … both Iraqi maqam and the more widespread Egyptian style of tarab music, which he greatly enjoyed. He also studied law for two …

… the cantor Moshe Havusha , taught him the secrets of the Arab Maqam musical system and Arabic musical instruments. Since childhood, along with …