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Baqqashah (Pl. Baqqashot)
… (petition) is a religious practice maintained by several Jewish communities. It consists of gatherings that … and, later, on radio and in films. The accessibility of the modern Arabic music spread by new media hastened its … music still echoed in the prayers and piyyutim; and a more modern stratum, the urban Arabic musical culture which …
Piyyutim for the High Holidays
… a quintessential Sephardi singer of his period, a critical era of deep social and cultural transition in the history of … community ruled by rabbinical authority was shattered by modernizing trends characterized by an exposure to Western culture (most particularly French), to liberal trends in Judaism (especially to Jewish nationalism or …
Hanukkah Blessings
… where he was a student of Bazin and Halévy. He wrote operas, four symphonies, and a number of choruses and songs. … in his comprehensive volume Musique religieuse ancienne et moderne en usage dans les Temples Consistoriaux Israélites … Maoz Tzur melody. Scholars of Jewish music from each generation, such as Eduard Birnbaum, Abraham Zvi Idelsohn, Eric …
Shofet Kol Ha'aretz
… Shofet kol haaretz from De Sola and Aguilar (1857). Its general contour reminds Najari's recorded rendition. Compare … presence in the Ashkenazi rite is obscured due to the general abandonment of its practice in the liturgy. For this … Of course his terminology is a bit uncomfortable to post-modern ears. Categories of authentic and ethnic musical …
Moyshelekh Un Shloymelekh (part 2)
… and Leahs, not only Moyshes and Shlomos, as part of a more modern view. Israel Alter's melody is perhaps influenced by … of 80 bars. The clear structure, monotonic rhythm, and generally narrow range of the melody help to preserve the … in D minor. The D minor harmony is modal, sustaining several plagal cadences one after the other. It ends on the …
Hayrana Laih
… and is recognized as the first Arab composer to write an opera in Arabic ( Samson and Delilah ). He enriched Arab music … played a fundamental role in the creation of the Egypt’s modern music, and was a colleague of major composers such as … Music Conference he was recognized as a leading figure of modern Egyptian music. [2] His songs and compositions were …
Hay ram galeh
… Israel Najara . H ay Ram Galeh is a contrafactum of the modern Egyptian song Hayrana Laih by Daoud Hosni that … was written by Nissim ben Yitzhak Halevi, one of the veteran paytanim of the Ades synagogue in the Nahlaot quarter … major hub for liturgical and paraliturgical music in the modern western section of Jerusalem. It also played an …
Kabalat Shabat
… 'Kegavna' from the Zohar is recited). There are several communities that begin the Kabalat Shabat with the reciting ofthe Song of Songs. In modern day Israel, the ritual of Kabalat Shabat has …
Contrafactum
… new melodies and therefore one melody would be used for several texts. Furthermore, in the 18 th and 19 th centuries, … the last part of the Seliha in the tradition of Bresl Modern example of the Contrafactum technique. Original …
Society for Jewish Folk Music
… Jewish composer and music critic Joel Engel . Stasov berated Engel for abandoning his own heritage for the Slavic … Bloch and others. They laid much of the foundation of modern art music written in Palestine and later Israel, as … register (did he really intend viola in this song?), and liberal use of diminished triads with an added major sixth …