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The Magical and Theurgic Interpretation of Music in Jewish Sources from the Renaissance to Hassidism (Hebrew)
… among Italian Jewish authors and seems to be influenced by parallel views in the Florentine Academy. … music in magical terms: by singing and playing one can influence the extra-divine world. From the beginning of the … and theurgical views appear together. These opinions influenced later Jewish authors from the late 16th to the …

Persistence and Transformation of a Sephardi - Penitential Hymn under Changing Environmental Conditions
… but, nevertheless, ventured upon the comparison of tunes influenced by different music cultures. Idelsohn did not …

Jewish Liturgical Forms in the Falasha Liturgy? A Comparative Study
… direction of comparative studies. In any society, a Jewish influence may be manifested in certain aspects of cultural …

A.Z. Idelsohn and the Study of the Traditional Pronunciations of Hebrew (Hebrew)
… be considered ancient, from others, which resulted from the influence on Hebrew of the vernaculars of the ethnic groups. …

Sounds from the Divine: Religious Musical Instruments in the Ancient Near East
… with the divine, mankind increases its abilities to influence transcendental beings. … 23460 … Religious music … …

Aristophanes’ Phrynichos and the Orientalizing Musical Pattern
… 227) — and borrowed from the Ionians, who were heavily influenced by their Lydian neighbors, sumptuous garments and … and tyrannical ambition — a connection that, in turn, “influenced the modern scholarly association of αβpoσυvη with …

Soothing Lyres and epôidai: Music Therapy and the Cases of Orpheus, Empedocles and David
… namely its power to act on the soul in such a way as to influence characters and behaviors, and even health, is …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… Hashem ) and the ‘Akedaht Yizhak narrative; as such it influenced later similar texts, especially within the genre … meters (exx. 2, 5, 7, 9, and 11) seem to exhibit the influence of nineteenth- and twentieth-century aesthetic …
Moshe Attias
… section. One cannot but hear in these recordings the strong influence of Algerian figures on Mwijo’s core repertoire, …
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… shape a “classical”, transregional (albeit heavily Egyptian-influenced) musical aesthetic, which can be considered one … (e.g. the muwashshaḥat ) that would have a strong influence on Cairo’s music and theater scenes. [12] In a … baqqashot [17] (Barnea 1997, 70). Despite the considerable influence that human movement rather than mass media …