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Courtney Blue
… Seroussi. She was born and raised in Seattle, Washington, singing Jazz and Classical music from a young age. She …
“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… of modern and old Hebrew songs intended for Israeli singing communities. [15] Its inclusion in such a book …
Four Melodies for Four Questions
… time (see for example our Song of the Month archive). The singing of serial folksongs added at the end of the seder is … them produced in Israel. The subject of this article is the singing of the section known as the Four Questions (Heb. … had a lively metric character calling for congregational singing rathan than by the leader of the seder . Several of …
Avi Bar-Eitan
… span musicology and ethnomusicology and include communal singing ( shirah b’tzibbur ) in Israel today and its role in …
Debbie Friedman’s Shema’ Koleinu: An ancient prayer in a new musical garment
… in the 1960s, developing out of the folk music and communal singing tradition of Jewish summer camps. Jewish youth first … a melody—appears in modern Hebrew compositions in which the singing subject appeals directly to God. Examples of this … and career of Debbie Friedman, see: Judah M. Cohen, “Singing Out for Judaism: A History of Song Leaders and Song …
A centerpiece of the High Holydays liturgy: Shofet Kol Ha'aretz in Moroccan and Yemenite versions
… Ashkenazi rite is obscured due to the abandonment of its singing in the liturgy. As the High Holy Days season … was already in place and could be transferred to the singing of other texts. The thirteen to fourteen century … includes the participation of the congregation in the singing of the refrain. The form of the melody is AABA as …
Eastern Ashkenazi Biblical Cantillation: An Interpretive Musical Analysis
… ———. Forthcoming. Singing God’s Words: The Performance of Biblical Chant in …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… following: I learned the song (by ear) as a child from the singing of a woman named Molly Sallen, who taught in the …
Haint Iz Purim, Brider, Part II
… niggun . This type of performance recalls the patterns of singing ‘Shoshanat Yaakov’ by the Hassidim of the Modzhitz …
Qad Zawajunī - Here I Was Wed
… … Background Qad Zawajunī is a form of 'play song” or singing game commonly performed among the Jewish communities … on contemporary dance. At the same time, she also enjoyed a singing and acting career in Israel and abroad and she … small hours of the night. As is characteristic of women's singing at Jewish Yemenite wedding celebrations, this song …