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Karev Yom
… of the earliest commercial recordings of Israeli and other Jewish folksongs made for the international market after World War … also acquired a choreography becoming also an Israeli folk dance. A musical notation of ‘Karev yom’ appears in the …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… energy rather than legislative design. Because of the “folk” origins of its music and the re-writing of Naftali … culture emerged in Palestine and spread throughout the Jewish world with remarkable speed.It also shows how its … to Jerusalem. The first pilgrimage was under the guidance of [the teacher] David Yudelevich [1863-1943] because …
Qad Zawajunī - Here I Was Wed
… of 'play song” or singing game commonly performed among the Jewish communities of central and southern Yemen. It is sung … or light refreshments, the women and the share'a sing and dance while they decorate the bride's hands and feet with … in the event dictates the length of the performance. Folklore scholar Vered Madar mentions in her doctoral thesis …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… … In 1926, in “New Palestinean [sic] Folk Songs” – one of the earliest Zionist songbooks … of this melody appears in A.W. Binder’s “New Palestinean Folk Songs,” it is important to explore first the history of … version of the melody, perhaps one sung without text as a dance niggun – more about this later. The text of the song …
Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… Composer Deborah Lynn Friedman (1951-2011) was an American Jewish singer-songwriter, whose compositions played an … career began in the 1960s, developing out of the folk music and communal singing tradition of Jewish summer … the Creator in turn answers the prayer and sends down abundance and blessing. Part B : The second part of the song …
Avi Bar-Eitan
… Hebrew University and the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. Dr. Bar-Eitan’s doctoral work dealt with the evaluation of “the gray area between the art, folk, and popular in the Israeli song.” His research … and entrance examinations, and works as a researcher at the Jewish Music Research Center. Dr. Bar-Eitan is the head of …
The medieval Hebrew song Kikhlot yeini and its Purim connections: New sources on its music
… of the Land of Israel (1882-1946) . … Not all traditional Jewish holiday songs have survived in their original … ha-mayim,” has the indication “ne’imah ‘amamit,” i.e. “folk melody.” While only Idelsohn has documented the … folk song,” in the style that would accompany a folk dance. Geula Gill recorded one of the earliest commercial …
Vocal Folk-Polyphonies of the Western Orient in Jewish Tradition
… to arrive at a plain definition of polyphony, in accordance with present day standards of music research. … 9480 … Vocal … Vocal music … Polyphony … Folk music … Instruments … Percussion … Definitions … Monophony … Jewish … Vocal Folk-Polyphonies of the Western Orient in …
Unintentional History: Musical Moments in 1930s Yiddish Films
… Adler has shown in a lifetime of work, the history of Jewish music is really a set of complex, interlocking … assimilating public. The cameraman who filmed the wedding-dance sequence in the Polish town of Kazimierz Dolny … the only surviving footage of spontaneous pre-Holocaust folk choreography. In the present brief contribution, I will …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… Yiẓḥak , or ‘Akedah ) has assumed an important function in Jewish religion and culture since Antiquity. This renowned … the same melody. The melody itself presents a mixture of a folk tune and a psalmodic chant. It is simple, easily … Following the printing revolution, and the subsequent abundance of private prayer books, these prayer practices …