Persistence and Transformation of a Sephardi - Penitential Hymn under Changing Environmental Conditions
Vocal Folk-Polyphonies of the Western Orient in Jewish Tradition
Woody Guthrie's Hanukah Songs
Judeo-Spanish Songs for the Life Cycle in the Eastern Mediterranean
Musical instruments of the Mountain Jews
Zwei Aufsaetze: Die Musik im Volksleben Nordafrikas; Orientalische Musik und Antike (Posthumous Works, I)
Yona Homiya
Author
12 Sephardic songs. The book contains songs that were either written, composed, or sung by Yitzhak Eliyahu Navon. Includes words and music. Edited and published by Yitzhak Levi, for the preservation of Sephardi folk music.
Material Type:
Scores
Year:
1950
Mikitka
Arrangement
Ukranian Jewish folksong.
To view the First page of the score, click here.
Material Type:
Scores
Year:
1924
The Singing Clarinet
Performer
1. The Blessing Nigun
2. Sammy's Freilach
3. Bratizlav's Nigun
4. Halleluya
5. Liri
6. Prayer For Peace
7. Kumi Ori/Uri Tzion
8. Dance Of The Souls
9. Caroline and Martin
10. The Happy Nigun
11. My Yiddishe Mamme/Donna Donna
12. Night Parade
13. Maria
14. Memories of You
15. El Choclo
16. To Holy Land
17. Mi Chomocha
18. Bei Mir Bistu Shein
Material Type:
Recordings
- 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.