| Description |
xix, 339 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
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From Psalm 92 (Chant composed by a youth group) -- Psalm 92: 1-9 (Yemenite chant) -- Psalm 92 (Gregorian Psalmody) -- Psalm 92:1-5 (Sephardic chart) -- Psalm 92 (Ashkenazic prayer mode) -- Halleluyah! (Two-part round) -- Halleluyah, Psalm 118: 13, 14, 22-24 (Yemenite chant) -- Ya-yekhulu / L. Lewandowski -- Va-yekhulu (beginning) (Ashkenazic cantillation) -- Va-yekhulu (continuation) (Ashkenazic cantillation) -- Va-yekhulu (conclusion) (Ashkenazic cantillation) -- Va-yekhulu (Sephardic cantillation) -- Isaiah 43: 5 (Ashkenaic cantillation) -- Ve-ha-arev na (from the Daily morning service, Ashkenazic chant) -- Priestly blessing (E) (Daily morning service mode, Ashkenazic) -- Priestly blessing (H)(Daily morning service mode, Ashkenazic) -- Priestly blessing (H) (Sabbath morning service mode, Ashkenazic) -- Shofar calls -- Shofar blessings (Ashkenazic chant) -- Ashrey ha-am (Ashkenazic chant) -- Opening measures of Kol Nidre (Ashkenazic chant) -- Motives of Kol nidre (trad.) -- Kol nidre / L. Lewandowski -- Basic motive, Eve of Rosh Hashanah -- Barekhu -- Response: Ha-ma-ariv aravim -- Mi khamokha -- Uf'ros alenu -- From the Amidah, Musaf of Rosh Hashanah -- Va-Anahnu kore-im, Musaf of Rosh Hashanah (Ashkenazic trad.) -- Avodah / E. Gerovitch -- Shema, Torah ceremony, High Holy Days -- Great confession (Ashkenazic trad.) -- Kaddish for Ne-ilah (Ashkenazic trad.) -- Song of Dew, Ibn Gabirol (Sephardic trad.) -- Geshem prayer -- Geshem-Tal kaddish (Ashkenazic trad.) -- Af Bri (And send the rain!) (Yiddish folk song) -- Amar Rabbi Elazar (Ashkenazic Talmud chant) -- Meierke, Mein Zun (Meierke, my son) (Yiddish folk song) -- Mah Nishtanah (Ashkenazic trad. chant) -- What is the meaning? / A. Raisin -- I Samuel 20: 35 (Ashkenazic cantillation) -- Jeremiah 2:2 (Ashkenazic cantillation) -- Isaiah 29:1-2 (Ashkenazic Cantillation) -- Theme, 2nd movement, Jeremiah symphony / Leonard Bernstein -- Jeremiah 2:2 (Sephardic cantillation) -- Ki Mi-tziyon / S. Sulzer -- Ve-al yedey avadekha, Rosh hashanah liturgy / L. Lewandowski -- Opening bars of Ariel / Robert Starer -- Ki Mi-tziyon, for two voices / E. Amiran -- Ozi Ve-zimerat Yah (Yemenite folk song) -- Shirah, Exodus 15: 1-2, 11 (Ashkenazic cantillation) -- Shirah, Exodus 15: 1 (Sephardic chant) -- Psalm 118: 5-6 (Sephardic chant) -- O Absalom / C. King -- Lamentations 1: 1 (Ashkenazic cantillation) -- Lamentations 1: 1 (Sephardic cantillation) -- Eykh navi shudad (Sephardic kinah) -- Borey ad anah (O creator, how long?) (Sephardic kinah) -- Ei tziyon ( Ashkenazic Kinah) -- Dance of death (Folk song (Vilna Ghetto)) -- The kaddish of Rabbi Levi Yitzhok -- Im ed kemo sela (If stone walls) / Falaquera -- Tehezaknah (Strengthen the hands) / H. N. Bialik -- Ani Ma-amin (Folk song from the Death camps) -- Song of the Partisans / Hirsh Glik -- Ahot ketanah (Little sister) / Abraham He-Hazan -- Lekhah dodi / Shelomo Alkabetz -- Bar yohai (Folk song) -- Im ninalu (Yemenite melody) -- Beney heykholo (Sons of the palace) / Isaac Luria -- Dudele / Levi Yitzhak of Berditchev -- Ka-ayil Ta-arog / Nahman of Bratzlav -- Rabbi's nigun -- From Shir ha-Shirim (Ashkenazic, Catalonian, and Georgian Cantillation) -- El Ginat egoz, Song of songs 6: 11; 7: 12-13; 4: 16 / Sara Levi -- Hiney ha-stav avar, Song of songs 2: 11-12 / Yizhar Yaron -- Galanica (Ladino folk song) -- Yomeh, yomeh -- Vozhe Villst du? (What would you like?) -- Her nor du shayn maydele (Listen to me, pretty one) -- Ben nehar prat ('Twixt Tigris and Euphrates) / H.N. Bialik -- Kol mekadesh shevi-i (Ashkenazic melody) -- Yom zeh le-yisrael (To Israel this day) -- Tzur mishelo -- Yom zeh mekhubad (This is the day) -- Deror Yikra (Liberty proclaim) -- Shalom, Yom ha-Shevi-i / Yehudah Halevi -- Be-motza-ey Yom Menuhah (Sing farewell to Sabbath Day) -- Eliyahu ha-Navi -- Yovo Adir (A day will come) -- E-erokh Mahalal Nivi (I will raise my harp) -- Ha-Mavdil -- Hymn for the Berit Milah -- Eftah Sefatai -- Blessing before the Torah portion -- Blessing after the Torah portion -- Blessing before the Haftarah -- Blessing after the Haftarah -- Father, see thy suppliant children / Mrs. S. E. Munn -- Benissez-nous -- Wedding blessings -- Ahavat rayah / Joel Engel -- El Maley Rahamim -- Rahem na -- Le-hayim! -- Under the cradle -- Oifen pripitchik (In the little stove) / Mark Warschavsky -- Der heder ingel ( The heder student) -- Die Mezhinkeh Oisgegeben (My youngest daughter's married) / Mark Warschavsky -- Keytzad Merakedim -- Scalerica de Oro (Staircase of gold) -- Song of rain / Aolomon Ibn Gabirol -- Hob ich a por oksen -- A cantor for the Sabbath -- Az ich vell zingen "Lekhoh Dodi" (When I begin with "Lekhoh Dodi") -- Der Philosof (The philosopher) -- Le-koved shabbes (To honor shabbes) -- A Scherele -- Rozhinkes mit Mandlen (Raisins and almonds) / Abraham Goldfaden -- Courting song / Goldfaden; Ben Aronin -- March from Sabbatai Zevi -- Yom yom ani holekh (Each day my steps) / J. Fichman -- Mipney mah? / H.N. Bialik -- Hinakh yafah rayati, Song of Songs 4: 1 -- from The Dybbuk / Joel Engel -- Al Naharot Bavel (By the Rivers of Babylon) / S. Rossi -- Shir ha-Ma-alot (Song of Ascents) -- Be-mahrashti -- Anu olim ve-Sharim (Let our song) -- Hatikvah / N. H. Imber -- Elu ve-Elu modim -- Shir ha-Roeh (Shepherd's song) / J. Engel. |
| Summary |
A guide to the history and appreciation of Jewish music. Includes simple arrangements for many of the songs discussed. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Subject |
Jews -- Music -- History and criticism.
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Music -- History and criticism.
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| Added Title |
Music of the Jewish people. |
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