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Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… should be sung ʽto the ʽ Akedah melody’. [16] Such remarks provide little information concerning the music itself, … first to address this topic, devoting few yet valuable remarks to this melody. Idelsohn (1929, 167) mentions the … tonality is noted) with the letters A, B, C and D added to mark the four phrases that constitute the melody. Unless …
The Meaning of the Modal Framework in the Singing of Religious Hymns by Christian Arabs in Israel
… determination of the modal framework and this is even more markedly lacking in performance practice. … 23134 … Modes … …
Notes on Bukharan Music in Israel
… by the observations of Israeli scholars, who have remarked that 'basic research ... should begin immediately, … … Musical traditions … Notes on Bukharan Music in Israel … Mark Slobin …
Introduction to Idelsohn’s Autobiographical Sketches
… of the Hebräisch-orientalischer Melodienschatz and marked the end of Idelsohn's scholarly career. Forced illness …
Towards a Typology of the Judeo-Spanish Folksong: Gerineldo and the Romance Model
… The work presented here marks a preliminary phase in a long-term project which seeks …
Salamone Rossi as a Composer of "Hebrew" Music
… should be raised: why Salamone Rossi? why the quotation marks around the word 'Hebrew'? Published in 1622/23, Rossi's … of Hebrew 'Songs,' viz., 'The Songs of Solomon,' marks a milestone in the history of sacred music as the first …
The Priestly Blessing in the Ashkenazi Synagogue: Ritual and Chant
… whereby the kohanim stand barefoot in front of the ark with their prayer shawls covering their heads, bodies …
Unintentional History: Musical Moments in 1930s Yiddish Films
… History: Musical Moments in 1930s Yiddish Films … Mark Slobin …
Aristophanes’ Phrynichos and the Orientalizing Musical Pattern
… commonplace, and such luxurious items were identified as markers of effeminacy (Lombardo 1983; Kurke 1992). The …
Soothing Lyres and epôidai: Music Therapy and the Cases of Orpheus, Empedocles and David
… that it possesses the attribute of harmony” (trans. by Barker 1995). Beginning from such an affinity, Aristotle …