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Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
… (despite Karnes’s claim that this song is unique). It was popularized during Israel’s 1948 War as “ Hafinjan ” (“The … songs sung by Holocaust survivors. The setting of the popular American melody and Hebrew verse was therefore not a … #1163 ). [11] See the notes at http://a-pesni.org/popular20/kazkolyb.htm . The Cossack lullaby has also a …
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… sacred and poetic texts with melodies from pre-existing popular songs, a practice with roots in the sixteenth … only as a matter of citizenship but as a matter of popular or collective consciousness—was still a viable … of the Algerian War in France, memories of Syria’s Jewish population occupy a protected (and sensitive) walled off …
Nuestro Señor Eloheinu/Las tablas de la Ley: A Song for Shavuot
… trade center in the Mediterranean with a large Sephardic population. There are a great number of important sources …
Moshe Attias
… Elmaghribi, who enjoyed both international recognition and popularity among the various communities in Israel, Mwijo … point to a dialogue with the mainstream of Israeli Oriental pop, as shown by love songs such as the Spanish-tinged … “Hazarti Elaikh” (I Returned to You), or the immensely popular “ Zeh Lo Halom ” (It Is Not a Dream, recorded by …
In The Land Of The Pyramids: A Secular Take On Passover
… of the song and its catchy melody led to its reception and popularity as a “folk” song, at times deprived of any … of Edelstadt’s songs in Eastern Europe, “Der arbeter.” The popularity of “Piramidn” in the Russian Empire and later on …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… dating from 1511 , [11] the story is mentioned within the popular homiletic work Tsene-rene (Elbaum and Turniansky … liturgical function. [12] Yudisher shtam enjoyed immense popularity in Ashkenazi society, as is evidenced by the … had received a new name, probably due to the contemporary popularity of the songs (Freimann 1923, 33). No extant …
The Bergamasca: Some Jewish Links?
… A connection between the bergamasca , the popular Renaissance dance, and Jewish synagogue music? The …
Aristophanes’ Phrynichos and the Orientalizing Musical Pattern
… taken over from the East and embraced by a segment of the population to differentiate themselves and assert their …