Synagogue compositions
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Synagogue music for cantor with mixed voices, some accompaniment by organ
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Scores
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1953
Evening service for the Sabbath op. 67
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Evening service for the Sabbath for mixed chorus, Baritone (Cantor) and organ
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Scores
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1932
Abodah : Abodah (God’s worship), a Yom Kippur melody
The Istanbul musical tradition of Song of Songs scroll
Plurivocality in the liturgical music of the Jews of Sana (Yemen)
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Articles in Books
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1994
The unique character of Ashkenazi synagogal music. Homage to A. Z. Idelsohn
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אופיה הייחודי של המוסיקה בבית הכנסת האשכנזי : מחווה לא"צ אידלסון , כנישתא 2 (תשסג) קמז-קסו , כנישתא; מחקרים על בית הכנסת ועולמו. רמת-גן ,
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Articles in Journals
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2003
The practice of music as an expression of religious philosophy among the East-Ashkenazi Jews
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Special issue on Jewish music Establishing a conceptual framework for the discussion of the liturgical music of the East Ashkenazi Jews cannot apply the commonly accepted notions of prayer, speech, sacred, music, and art as separate categories.
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Articles in Journals
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2000
An overview of congregational song in the German synagogue up until the Shoah
Congregational singing as a norm of performance within the modal framework of Ashkenazi liturgical music
Amsterdams chazzanoet : synagogale muziek van de Ashkenazische gemeente
Texts in Hebrew with translation into English and Dutch. Introductory matter in Dutch and English by H.M. Polak inserted. English title: Amsterdam chazzanut. Hebrew title: שירי חזני אמשטרדם.
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Scores
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1990
- 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.