Introduction It is November 15, 2016 and I am sitting in a car, driving on a mountain…

A term in use in the European Jewish musical tradition to refer to the different modal…

חברו  של נחצ'ה היימן ושותפו לכתיבה, נתן יונתן, אומר עליו (בפתח  אסופת שיריו של…

In this article we will review the development of the Nuba, which is considered the…

Idelsohn was born in Filsberg, Latvia (former Kurland or Courland) and began his…

… time, and specified as a melody in the Turkish mode makam husseyni . Characteristic of this version is the … (E) is lowered (flat) shifting the modal feeling towards makam bayyati . Additionally, in this version the refrain is …