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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 University, Campus Mt. Scopus Abstract 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
… Kerala melody for “ Mi Khamokha ve’En Kamokha ,” a lengthy Hebrew piyyut recounting the Purim story. Composed by the … section are repeated in the same pattern as those in the Hebrew song. Stanza 8, the final section, is sung to a … translation of this word (unknown in Malayalam or Hebrew) as “judgment” and explained that what is sealed in …
57. In the India Kingdom
… by placing the events of the Purim story in India ( Hodu in Hebrew), as it is stated in the Bible (Esther 1:1) that … recognized the melody as the tune used in Kerala for the Hebrew Azharot (“Warnings”), a piyyut incorporating the 613 …
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 … Petirat Moshe (Ginzberg 1968, 3:439–442; 6:150–151)—a Hebrew volume that was available to Jews in Kerala. [2] One … old Malayalam measurement katam is substituted for the old Hebrew measurement parasang (about four Roman miles) used in …
50. Little Sinai Mountain
… and with thunder and blasts of the shofar; With music ringing out, ringing with the sounds Of violins and … thunder, lightning, shofar blasts, and the sounding of musical instruments. Three of the instruments are violins, … stanzas 4–6). This popular melody is also shared with the Hebrew wedding song Kikhlot Yayni (’ Areshet 1980, 322). …
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 … saw only the mountain, but Isaac saw lights and heard music and the sound of the shofar (Ginzberg 1968, 1:278). In … Gamliel’s discussion (Zacharia and Gamliel 2005, 158–162, Hebrew) for a comparative analysis of the two variants. [4] …
41. The Ten Songs of King Solomon
… day each year. The final stanza of the song contains the Hebrew date 5521 (1760/61 CE), placing its composition in … melody without clapping in a 1994 recording in Nevatim. The musical version used here was performed by the Nirit … honorific for King Solomon (H: Shlomo ha-Melekh) [2] Hebrew honorific: Adam the first person. [3] Hebrew …
20. The Command Is Proclaimed
… meals on festive occasions, after the men had sung the Hebrew blessing for the end of the meal. In particular, it … with songs 19 and 21, the second tune is from the Kerala Hebrew piyyut “ ‘ Etz Ḥaim Hi’ ” (’ Areshet 1980, 210). The … song “Hope in the Jewish Heart.” The fourth is from the Hebrew piyyut “ Nefutzoteinu Kanes ” (’Areshet 1980, 392). …
19. As You Stand Before Us (Saturday Night Bride Song)
… do not forget them, Lord Tambiran. This adaptation of the Hebrew “Blessing after Food” is found mostly in notebooks … 1995, 179)—and also from the song’s adaptation of the Hebrew blessing—it seems clear that the song was performed …
18. Our Food
… Tambiran. Though not a strict Malayalam translation of the Hebrew grace after meals ( Birkat haMazon ), “Our Food” … directly incorporates into the Malayalam text a number of Hebrew terms: shalom; Siyon (Zion); Mashiyah (Messiah); … days” (interpreted by Ruby Daniel as equivalent to the Hebrew “ yamim tovim ” or festival days) in the same sense …