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Nuestro Señor Eloheinu/Las tablas de la Ley: A Song for Shavuot
… nor is it always sung with the same stanzas or melody. In some contexts it may be referred to as a piyyut , … Istanbul. Here we encounter our song as a piyyut , with a Hebrew text, titled “Adonay hu elohenu” (The Lord is our God). It is fair to note that this Hebrew title is identical in meaning to the Judeo-Spanish …
In The Land Of The Pyramids: A Secular Take On Passover
… both in the Yiddish-speaking world as well as in the modern Hebrew song repertoire in the Land of Israel. I am grateful … College Archive of Jewish Sound; Dr. Michael Lukin from the Hebrew University; Maestro Raymond Goldstein; and Prof. … Probably the innocent language of the song and its catchy melody led to its reception and popularity as a “folk” song, …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… Niggun ‘Akedah is an Ashkenazi melody firmly associated with the Binding of Isaac, which was sung to texts in both Hebrew and Yiddish. Many of these texts touch directly upon … descendants. The story’s primary textual rendering in the Hebrew Bible (Genesis XXII:1–19) is somewhat brief, barely …

Melody and Poetry in the “Kuzari” (Hebrew)
… Judah Halevi's Kuzari speaks of the relationship between melody and textual metre in two kinds of vocal music. The … manuscript readings. Nor does Judah Ibn Tibbon's mediaeval Hebrew translation of the Arabic original resolve the difficulties. The context is a comparison of the Hebrew and Arabic languages. After discussing the uses of …

The Music and its Function in the Singing of the Qasīd anda birabbī dī kalaq (Hebrew)
… hallel is sung by the entire audience to a fixed melody with a slow, measured rhythm typical of liturgical … Function in the Singing of the Qasīd anda birabbī dī kalaq (Hebrew) … Uri Sharvit …

The “Proclamation Style” in Hebrew Music
… The melody-style we want to deal with here is quite well known to specialists of Hebrew music. Nearly all of them have encountered it, … in our opinion, it is one of the oldest strata of ancient Hebrew music. The sharp exposition of the intervals of the …
The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… performance context or with their melodies of old. The Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini, which used to be performed in … Moreover, the catalogue of the Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts at the National Library of Israel lists … pp. 38-39, titled “Shir ha-mayim”) without the melody. It is attributed to Ibn Gabirol and prefaced with …
“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… onle of the last great poets of the Spanish 'Golden Age' of Hebrew poetry. Ibn Ezra was born in Tudela, Spain in 1089 … Ibn Ezra wrote Biblical commentary, poetry, research on Hebrew grammar, writings concerning Jewish thought … Tradition A. Z. Idelsohn first published the Ottoman/Iraqi melody in 1922-23, with two versions published in two …
Four Melodies for Four Questions
… New Findings about the 'Traditional' Israeli Melody for Mah Nishtanah Jewish music research rarely … Ashkenazi communities, a paraphrase in Yiddish followed the Hebrew text phrase by phrase, a common learning technique in … W. Binder, Seder Melodies: The Hagaddah Set to Music: in Hebrew and English for the Religious School, Congregational …
Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… Friedman’s compositional corpus includes music for the Hebrew liturgy, English translations and interpretations of … ensemble, The Chevra, [6] Abie Rotenberg (whose melody appears on the fourth album of the band, Dveykus), … octave leap at the opening of a melody—appears in modern Hebrew compositions in which the singing subject appeals …