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Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… Gross, and Lehnardt 2016; Haverkamp 2005; Assis 2000). Our study reviews the great significance of the ‘Akedah … verbal references to the Niggun ‘Akedah . The core of this study is an analysis of thirteen transcriptions of Niggun … bilshon tkhine , requesting God's protection from misfortunes such as sickness and untimely death, and more …
The Musical Realization of Biblical Cantillation Symbols (te‘amîm) in the Jewish Yemenite Tradition
… This study concentrates on the Pentateuch, recited by the … is a central liturgical part; (b) the traditional study-sessions of biblical sections; and (c) the heder , … that although they have a repertory of six different tunes according to which these public recitations are …
The Cantorial Fantasia of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
… This study proposes to present the outlines of a significant but … and countered the usual manner of improvising traditional tunes. The genuine homophony of synagogue chant … ornamentation. Apart from entirely new inventions and tunes of long standing, two ways of realizing and …
Four Melodies for Four Questions
… with diverse techniques of recitation and learning tunes, fitting the character of the texts included in this … that were performed beforehand using traditional unmetered study or prayer formulae. A canon of tunes developed, first … them relate to the original goal of this ritual, that of a study session. Ashkenazi, Sephardic and Oriental Jewries …
Na’aleh L’artzeinu – A Simple Melody with an Intricate Story
… is the existence of Shnirele Perele that led me to begin my study of Na’aleh L’artzeinu. The Yiddish lyrics of this song … many of the characteristics of other known “Mt. Meron tunes,” as they became called following the studies of this …
Haynt Iz Purim, Brider
… the text and music of this famous Purim song are multiple; studying them shows the complex process through which modern … or just an adaptation of a Yiddish folk tune (or even two tunes) that he borrowed for this play, as was the standard …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… this body of data with the tools of critical theory. Studying Hatikvah shows how a distinct Zionist music culture … permeated modern perceptions of “being Jewish.” Finally, studying Hatikvah informs us about the modern crisis of the … the same melody-type (mostly of the first part only). The tunes of the Moldavian/Rumanian songs that we already …
Mitsve-tants (LKT)
… reference. “These two khusidlekh [Hasidic-style dance tunes, singular khusid ] were cornerstones of Leon’s … differences between the communities already observed in the study of the invitation tune. The inventory of dance … and White Russian Jews, Moshe Berlin, who brings in his study only the kosher-tants . Harkavi is the only one that …
Yiddish Folksong (The Music of the Yiddish Folksong)
… melodies, sometimes by religious melodies, and sometimes by study-tunes, and it was needed to be determined what the … and permissions, like putting Tzitzit or Tefilin, Torah study, and more, and they think it is enough to say these …
Aharon Amram
… (Israeli parliament), Yisrael Yesh'ayahu, and went on to study in the music studio of Eli Korz in Tel Aviv, where he … to Amram, requesting him to record Yemenite synagogue tunes, in order to preserve the Yemenite traditions, because … success, Amram continued to record more Yemenite synagogue tunes. He recorded Kohelet, Megilat Ester, Tehilim, Shir …