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Book review: Hernan Tesler-Mabé, Mahler’s Forgotten Conductor
… who formulated their German-Jewish identity within “the traditional bounds of intellectual history.” Unger, he … in Unger’s history: Unger decided to “devote his life to music making” after hearing Mahler’s Lied von der Erde ; he … concerts whose programs revolved mainly around Mahler’s music to the repeated efforts to perform Mahler in Canada. …
La Galana: A Very Old-New Sephardic Song
… from archives around the world offer unique vistas on past musical cultures. These findings show the extent to which repertoires of traditional music have evolved in the century or more since commercial …
Elohim hashivenu: A liturgical insertion for the High Holidays in Salamone Rossi's version in Italy and beyond
… return to this feature later. Right now, let us move to the musical performance of the three verses. The precious Leo … from the second sefer on High Holidays in Rome: The Italian traditional technique for singing the te'amim, which is … 100) Joshua R. Jacobson, “A possible influence of traditional chant on a synagogue motet of Salomone Rossi,” …
The Fall of Jerusalem in Song: The Ashkenazi Melody She’eh ne’esar
… Hebrew Hymn Melodies : The Rise and development of a Musical Tradition (Tel Aviv, 1970), Hanoch Avenary set a new … is found in Ashkenazi prayer books, which have traditionally presented altered, fragmented versions of the … 7, no. 109). Its form conforms to all the parameters of the traditional Ashkenazi melody of “She’eh ne’esar” described …
Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… seaboard. With me, I carry a treasure, a piece of lost musical history, or so I believe. Saved on my mobile phone … below, is indeed exceptional. “ Yom Yom Odeh ” is traditionally performed on the Jewish holiday of Shavuot … on a qanun and a violin, followed by an opening section, traditionally known as the madhhab , in which Tabbach, now …
Nuestro Señor Eloheinu/Las tablas de la Ley: A Song for Shavuot
… in sections according to the different Turkish makam s (musical modes), titled Shirei Israel be-eretz ha-qedem … to makam Rast places this version in the realm of Turkish music. Secondly, the title clearly delineates its … song’s tendency to blur the boundaries between piyyut and traditional categories of the Judeo-Spanish repertoire, we …
In The Land Of The Pyramids: A Secular Take On Passover
… field of inquiry into the processes that constitute Jewish music repertoires, most especially in the modern period, when new forms of expressing Jewishness through music challenged the normative status of traditions of old. … that “the song betrays a secular socialist slant on the traditional Passover narrative, eliminating all references …
Niggun ‘Akedah: A Traditional Melody Concerning the Binding of Isaac
… century and relied instead on oral transmission of their musical traditions. [15] The only implicit written records … the third and fourth lines (C and D), probably in the traditional Ashkenazi loud murmur. Music is provided for all … even-numbered stanzas. The odd-numbered stanzas portray the traditional Niggun ‘Akedah , whereas the even-numbered …
The Hasidic Dance-Niggûn - A Study Collection and its Classificatory Analysis
… In our article on Hasidic music we described the problem of the definition of the … as follows: 'By one definition, the field of hasidic music would include all music practiced in hasidic society. … also possess criteria formulated in their own traditional terms - according to which they judge whether a …
The Musical Realization of Biblical Cantillation Symbols (te‘amîm) in the Jewish Yemenite Tradition
… biblical recitation is a central liturgical part; (b) the traditional study-sessions of biblical sections; and (c) … The aim of this paper is to present the repertory of the musical renditions of the Pentateuch and to investigate the relationships between the te’amim and their musical realization within these three social contexts. … …