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A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… Yemen Shofet kol ha’aretz belongs to the medieval poetic Hebrew genre called pizmon that is characterized by a … the present-day availability of medieval manuscripts of Hebrew liturgical orders allow for a fundamental revision of … IMHM, F 13782). Even more interesting is the mention of the melody of Shofet kol ha’aretz in the manuscript of the …
Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… ever since the day of the Renaissance Humanists. [1] The Hebrew chanting depends on the text, and is determined by … cantillation may seem antithetical to the kind of fusion of melody and speech that Judit Frigyesi describes in … which are given above or below each word in a printed Hebrew Bible, serve three functions: they indicate the …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… – On to Our Land.” Binder indicates that this is a Yemenite melody and gives no attribution for the text. In many ways, … The text draws from poetic formulae common in early Zionist Hebrew poetry. In Zionist songbooks and collections from the … and are only known to experts in the history of modern Hebrew song. Na’aleh L’artzeinu is only dimly remembered by …
Haint Iz Purim, Brider, Part II
… includes therefore the stanza before the last (on the Hebrew letter “shin”), the last one (on the letter “tav”) … to this question – the original source of the 'Hag Purim' melody – will remain an open one. According to Elie Halevy … present day. Feig sings Kipnis’ ‘Hag Purim, Hag Purim’ in Hebrew and Yiddish, a common practice in American Jewish …
Haynt Iz Purim, Brider
… Coopersmith Hebrew version 1942: … ps://jewish-music.huji.ac.il/sites/default/files/attachments/Hebrew%20version%20Coopersmith%201942.jpg Emil Saculet … many the “founder” of modern Yiddish theatre. Indeed, the melody appears for the first time, with different words of …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… users, attempts at reconstructing the “true origins” of the melody and text of Hatikvah as known in the present have … Eliyahu Hacohen, the ultimate connoisseur of the Israeli Hebrew song, who wrote one of the most authoritative studies on Hatikvah ever, notes that a Hebrew translation by Mendel Stern of Die Wacht am Rhein was …
Karev Yom
… him if the interview should be carried out in English or Hebrew. With a distinctive “sabra” accent and in his … baritone voice, Bikel reprimanded Gazit in highbrow modern Hebrew by saying that “the Hebrew language is still holding … the last stanza of Yannai’s ancient piyyut set to a special melody is for the moment unknown. The present musical …
A Gneyve - A Yiddish Song of Theft and Poverty
… with slightly different lyrics and a completely different melody. 'A Gneyve' is part of a large repertoire of Yiddish … published both in the ninth volume of his Thesaurus of Hebrew Oriental Melodies (1932), which is dedicated to … University Press. Idelsohn, Abraham Zvi. 1932. Thesaurus of Hebrew Oriental Melodies: Volume 9 The Folk Song of the East …
Zemerl (LKT)
… “...a zemerl [pl. zmires ]...is a religious folk song in Hebrew or Aramaic sung on the Sabbath. Bearing a strong … “Violinist Leon Schwartz performs a kale bazetsn melody, and plays and sings the freylakhs (the second, …
The Jerusalem-Sephardic Tradition
… to other sections in the prayer service with a defined melody usually sung by the congregation. The prayer melodies … the 20 th century in Jerusalem and is a combination of the Hebrew language, which forms the base of prayers and … University of Chicago Press, 1998. * Translated from the Hebrew original in 'An Invitation to Piyut' website, by Elie …