East

Taqsim: Instrumental Improvisation in Near Eastern Traditions

Performer
Simon Shaheen
Performer
Performer
Taisir Elias
Performer
Performer
Ramzi Bisharat
Editor
Esther R. Warkov

This recording presents traditional instrumental solo improvisations performed by Arab and Jewish musicians in Israel. All but one of the taqasim (=pl. form of taqsim, the genre of Middle Eastern instrumental improvisation) are in mainstream urban style, a pan-Middle Eastern style that owes its existence largely to Egyptian musical trends and the Arabic mass media. The cassette is accompanied by a booklet with program notes in Hebrew, Arabic, and English.

Material Type: 
Recordings
Year: 
1980

Khevrisa European Klezmer Music

Composer
Avram Moyshe Kholodenko
Composer
Michael Joseph Guzikow

1. Suite in A Minor A Freygish, D Freygish, D Minor: Sher
2. Suite in A Minor A Freygish, D Freygish, D Minor: Mazltov
3. Suite in A Minor A Freygish, D Freygish, D Minor: Sher
4. Suite in A Minor A Freygish, D Freygish, D Minor: Alvavo Rab bo Shteyger
5. Suite in A Minor A Freygish, D Freygish, D Minor: Alvavo Rab bo Shteyger
6. Suite in A Minor A Freygish, D Freygish, D Minor: Shir Ha-Ma lois

Material Type: 
Recordings
Year: 
2000

Ma Nishtana

Performer
Eliyahu Schleifer

This is a standard version of the four questions of the Seder, sung in the learning formula of the East European Heder and common among the Hasidim. The first version is in Hebrew only, and the second juxtaposes the Hebrew and the Yiddish versions, phrase by phrase.

Material Type: 
Recordings
Year: 
2008

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