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63. Singing, Singing

… for anthropologist Shirley Isenberg, who recorded her performance but was not able to borrow the notebook for …

… Taoz. It was the first song they sang in this circle-dance performance. In dramatic contrast to their rendering of the … began in stanza 6. Given its content, placement, and performance style, “Lord from the Beginning” may be viewed as an invocation calling upon God’s blessing for the performance and the occasion, comparable to the initial song …

Jacob Hoffman’s “Doina and Hora” (1923) and the Analysis of Klezmer Music

… of the klezmer modes, melodic and harmonic schemata, and performance practice. The talk draws on ethnography as well …

60. Hanukkah Song

… who sang the recorded version at the 1981 circle dance performance during a Hanukkah gathering in Moshav Taoz …

59. The Document Box

… between the comic narrator and the background singers in performances of Chavittunatakam. The word tānĕ is a … adds a foot-stamping rhythm to the drama and humor of the performance. Sixteen variants of “The Document Box” are …

58. Ahashverosh Song

… and suits well the rhythmic demands of a “foot stamping” performance. My 1977 recording of this song and song 59 …

51. When Moshe Received Knowledge

… particular mixture of Hebrew and Malayalam terms, and its performance in a kalippattu dance circle The mountain of … in the 1981 video recording of a Hanukkah kalippattu dance performance in Moshav Taoz (Johnson 2016). The singers and …

47. In the Egypt Kingdom

… is found in nine notebooks from Kochi and Ernakulam. Its performance to a soothing lullaby-like melody was recorded …

46. Baby Moshe Taken from the Water