Paving a New-Old Path: The Integration of Jewish Yemenite Folk Music in Israeli Art Music

The ASF Institute of Jewish Experience presents:

Paving a New-Old Path: The Integration of Jewish Yemenite Folk Music in Israeli Art Music

The immigration of the Jews of Yemen to Israel began in the 13th century and lasts until this day. With them, Yemenite Jews brought their unique culture as reflected in their clothes, jewelry, food, art, dance and music.

The presentation deals with the meeting of five Israeli composers from the first generation who were educated in the western music style, combining the folk Yemenite music that the immigrants brought with them. In analyzing the Jewish Yemenite folk music as well as music compositions influenced by these folk songs, the level of influence was checked in matters of folk vocal sound production, texture, typical intervals, modes and maqamat and other folk-Yemenite parameters.

This research examines the ways any of those parameters appear in the concert music in pure, altered or complex way.

Sunday, 6 March

@ 9AM PDT ◊ 12PM EST ◊ 5PM London ◊ 7PM Jerusalem ◊ 8PM Dubai

About the speaker:
Naama Perel-Tzadok completed her MA studies in Music Composition at Haifa University, Israel. She has written music for diverse ensembles, and today they are performed by different orchestras, ensembles and choirs in Israel.

These days, she’s a lecturer at the technological college “Kineret”, in the sound engineering department.

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