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Jacob Hoffman’s “Doina and Hora” (1923) and the Analysis of Klezmer Music
… June 10, 18:30 Seminar of Musicology Department Room 48229, Humanities, The Hebrew … In this talk, I give an overview of my work on klezmer music, developed over a period of several years. I use a …
58. Ahashverosh Song
… aṟiñña aṟivāḷan Āśuvěṟoś tanda nāḷila kāriyaṃ 1. From the start, all this was known by the Wise All-knowing One. … blanket, he smeared himself with ash. And on the earth he fell down, lying there in tears. Then who appeared … me what is the reason? Why have you sent for me?” “For no particular reason have I sent for you . . . but . . . 5. Your …
55. David and the Spider
… of his life David fled. Fleeing, he went to a pit in the earth, and inside that pit he hid. There the spider did him a … “David and the Spider” than “David and the Mosquito,” partly because only two variants are available, each … that story in detail, the narrator jumps in stanza 3 to partially recount a different story about David hiding in a …
53. Moshe and the Promised Land (Song of the Thirteen Sefer Torahs)
… 9, 1977; III-23. 53c. Kerala women. Recorded by ethnomusicology students from Bar-Ilan University, Moshav … traditional stories about the last day of Moshe’s life on earth, told in Midrash Petirat Moshe (Ginzberg 1968, … Kerala in 1967, is found in the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, Berkeley, CA. Labeled MS 49, it was listed as …
50. Little Sinai Mountain
… You!” The command was given, given to Moshe: “When you depart from here and leave this holy place, Then you must go … In all His royal splendor, in majesty He came— All the earth and all the sky were a-tremble then, With lightning and with thunder and blasts of the shofar; With music ringing out, ringing with the sounds Of violins and …
43. The Song of Mother Sarah
… from that community living in Moshav Taoz, Israel. [3] This musical narrative of events from biblical stories about the … reference to the potential sacrifice of Isaac in the first part of the song and then the actual sacrifice of the goat at … times. The Jewish women’s perspective is particularly evident in this song. Their intimate concern for …
41. The Ten Songs of King Solomon
… of knowledge—in honor he mounted and sat. In all four quarters of God’s creation, his famous name was spread. 10. … It was performed and recorded with a single melody as part of the 1981 kalippattu dance performance by … melody without clapping in a 1994 recording in Nevatim. The musical version used here was performed by the Nirit …
33. In the Ship
… song, praised by Zacharia for its “enthusiasm and musicality,” was performed at parties during the week after a Jewish wedding. Its portrayal …
32. Prosper, Prosper (Our Bridegroom, Our Bride)
… maņavāḷan, nīrāḍān pokuṃba Āya maḻayo nī anneraṃ pěyyātě Part I 1. Our bridegroom, our bridegroom—when he goes to take … “I’ll cut it; I’ll cut the deer,” so says the bride. Part II Same melody 1. Polika, oh prosper in the wedding … song exemplifies two widespread genres of Kerala folk music. Part I begins in the style of a “competition song” ( …
31. The Bridegroom Dressed in Gold
… Nalla! Traditionally performed at a Jewish women's party the night before a wedding (Daniel and Johnson 1995, … of a king, accompanied by guards and the thundering music of a military band. As Zacharia notes (2005, 198), …