Judeo-Caribbean Currents: Music of the Mikvé Israel-Emanuel Synagogue in Curaçao
Five Sephardic Choruses (SMR Bresler Collection)
Composer
Performer
Contents:
I. Yom Gila
II. Ya Ribbon Olam
III. Ein Keloheinu
IV. Adon Olam
V. Zamm'ri Li
Performers:
Mary Ellen Callahan, soprano
Helen Kruszewski, soprano (III. only)
Heather Johnson, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Kirchner, tenor
Gideon Dabi, baritone (III. only)
Ted Christopher, baritone
Pen Ying Fang, piano
Rutgers Kirkpatrick Choir
Patrick Gardner, conductor
Material Type:
Recordings
Year:
2004
Hava Nagila Manuscript—Hebrew title with no text underlay
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This entry is part of an online exhibit entitled: "Hava Nagila: From Idelsohn to Belafonte & Beyond," prepared by Eva Heinstein with help from the JMRC staff. To view the exhibit in its entirety click on the link above.
Material Type:
Scores
Hava Nagila manuscript—full arrangement with authorship note
Arrangement
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Material Type:
Scores
Hava Nagila manuscript—verses 2 & 3, with Hebrew lyrics
Arrangement
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Material Type:
Scores
The Traditional Service for Friday Evening
Composer
The Friday evening service, arranged for Cantor (baritone or tenor), mixed voices (SATB), and organ.
Material Type:
Scores
Year:
1964
Shabbat Menucha
The Undying Flame: Ballads and Songs of the Holocaust
Editor
Arrangement
Retrieved from: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Research: Bibliographies Piano arrangements and guitar chords for 110 Holocaust-era songs in sixteen languages, with singable English translations. Includes introductory notes for each piece as well as a CD with fifteen songs performed by the editor.
Material Type:
Scores
Year:
2002
Kol Rinah U’Tfillah
Author
A complete collection of music for Shabbat and Festivals written for one to two voices. The score is divided by service beginning with arrangements for Shabbat Minhah and concluding with the Ne'ilah Service for Yom Kippur.
Material Type:
Scores
Lebensbilder beruehmter Kantoren
- A Polka Mazurka
- Niggun of the Meggid of Mezerich From the album, "The Hasidic Niggun as Sung by the Hasidim." This dance niggun is the seventh and last in a series of niggunim sung by Bratslav Hasidim as they dance after the Shabbat evening service on Friday night. Some have attributed the niggun to R. Dov Ber, the meggid of Mezerich.
- Kol B'ru'ei (Padua, Italy) From the album, "Italian Jewish Musical Traditions from the Leo Levi Collection (1954-1961)." The poem depicts "all creatures" singing and praising the unity of God, and was recited in the Italian rite during the daily morning prayer. This melody was sung only on Rosh Hashanah (New Year) in the Italian tradition of Padua.
- Yigdal From the album, "Judeo-Carribean Currents, Music of the Mikve Israel-Emanuel Synagogue in Curaçao," performed by Gideon Zelermyer. The Yigdal is part of the ceremonial section of the liturgical order of Shabbat and the Holy Days in the Curaçao synagogue. It is one of the ending hymns of the service.
- Eres Chiquita y Bonita From the album, "Judeo-Spanish Moroccan Songs for the Life Cycle," sung by Alicia Bendayan from Tetuan. This is a song about courtship, related to the Jewish rituals that mark the events of the life cycle.
- Sweet Shalt Be My Chant From the album, "Kulmus Hanefesh," performed by Yair Harel on voice and tar, and Matti Kovler on voice and piano. A sacred hymn attributed to Rabbi Yehuda ha-Chasid, this is a Chabad tune with a near-Eastern arrangement.
- Lyr II From the album, "The Music of the Mountain Jews." Lyr is a genre found among all Turkish peoples, consisting of long, complex compositions usually comprised of three parts.
- Gilu ha-Galilim (Rejoice Galileans) From the album, "Nights in Canaan, Early Songs of the Land of Israel (1882-1946)." This is a Second Aliyah (1904-1914) song which became an integral part of the historical repertoire of Hebrew song. Both native-born and newly arrived pioneers sang this song in all circumstances.
- Saperi Tama From the album, "With Songs They Respond: The Diwan of the Jews from Central Yemen." This is a girdle poem by Se'adia ben Amram. Saperi Tama is sung to many melodies and is one of Yemenite Jewry's most common poems.