Middle-Ages

Translated from the Hebrew by Jonathan Chipman
"There are two main aspects to the association between mystical ecstasy and music in the ecstatic Kabbalah: on the one hand, music serves as an anology for the technique giving rise to ecstasy and the ecstatic experience; ont he other, it was an important element of the actual technique of Abulafia."
1. Music as an analogy for ecstasy evoking techniques
2. Music as analogy for prophecy

Documentary. English.
Director, script, editor: Tlalim, Asher
Executive Producer: Jochsberger, Tzipora

Ladino tunes of the middle ages, lullabies, wedding tunes, prayers and songs of mourning
Hebrew version

Complete film on Youtube, courtesy of the Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive Virtual Cinema:

Entry in encyclopedia

This article is a translation to French of Ibn Shafrut’s interpretation of Ali Ibn Sina’s Canon book. In this piece Ibn Sina deals with the connection between music and the pulse.

Based on the article Israel Adler translated in Yuval I, p.1-47, this article attempts to reach the historic origin of the article in question and its relation to medieval music theory. The process of its creation is described spanning from the 11th to the 15th century.

Appeared also in the "Journal of Synagogue Music" 3 (1970).