… begins with the introductory “khapt im, nempt im” line. The music to this opening section is more dense than in the rest … points out the connection between the song's theme and the musicality of the melody. In his view, the altered Dorian … of this song, from 1927, is by Isa Kremer (1887-1956) (musical example 1). A renowned singer, Kremer was born in …

… such as  seli h ot . I have studied in great detail the musical setting of this poem in Sephardic communities, … among various communities, there seems to be an underlying musical structure tying together all the documented versions … Baghdad, he studied violin at the Alliance School, turning music into a profession, as did many other blind Jewish …

… appeared in 1935. The English one was published in Jewish Music Journal 2, no. 2 (1935): 8-11. The Hebrew one appeared … Rabinovitz and he took upon himself to teach me the music theory and voice training. Yiska’s memoire: [3a] He … sounded beautiful to me, loved singing and had a very good musical memory, excellent for remembering melodies that he …

… the modern fate of the song with in contemporary Israeli musical repertoire. H ad Gadya was incorporated to the … its persecutors. A contemporary take on  H ad Gadya and its musical setting Along with its various literary … included  in Offenbach’s Haggadah  (Köln, 1838, unpaginated musical appendix, no. 6). This melody reappears in Abraham …

… and especially recruited people on the subject of the music of the Jews of southern Yemen ... '.   Sources (in …

… th centuries and developed under Turkish-Ottoman and Arabic musical influences.   Contents The tradition of … This singing is part of the liturgical and para-liturgical musical tradition of communities that descended from Jews … shared by all the Ottoman Jewish communities. The central musical principle among these communities exiled from Spain …

… the earliest surviving specimens of Middle Eastern Jewish musical traditions. By nature of the technological … opportunity to validate historical theories of musical change that have been based solely on the … example, the transcription made by Idelsohn to the popular wedding song "Maq’helot ‘am", a poem by Mordecai Abadi of …

… line of the opening stanza, is the refrain (same words and music are repeated) and x, the last line of the rest of the … Shofet kol ha’aretz.” This is the earliest mention of the music of our poem, and obviously it indicates that in the … the High Holidays. In a thought-provoking article on the music of Shofet kol ha’aretz in Ashkenaz, our teacher of …

… in the Jewish past. A case in point is the scholar and musician Avraham Zvi Idelsohn, the founding father of modern Jewish musical research. Idelsohn’s life traversed several … of Jewish scholarship, and the creation of modern Jewish music as a whole. He left behind a legacy of iconic books …

… in and outside Israel. Among the most important historical musical documents we possess of the melody of ‘Mi-pi El’ is … 37. Seroussi, Edwin. 1988. Schir Hakawod and the Liturgical Music Reforms in the Sephardi Community in Vienna , ca. 1881-1925: A Study of Change in Religious Music. Ph.D. diss. University of California, Los Angeles. …