MUSIC 2A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, Alphabet Song, Pizmonim
7 Jan 2020
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Chapter 5: music and memory: the syrian jewish pizmon. Case study: attah el kabbir ( you, god, are mighty ) by rabbi raphael taboush. Can be used in secular or sacred settings. Refers to a song that marries hebrew text that isn"t old but new hebrew text that is set to a melodie borrowed from middle eastern arab music. It is acceptable to borrow from non jewish sources and the hebrew text with spark the holiness ( holy spark) These songs come from a secular world but can be paired with a sacred text. What is contrafacta: contrafacta (contrafactum, pl. ) means to imitate, counterfeit, or. Forge and is when one text is substituted for another without substantial change to the melody . The use of a well-known, preexisting melody helps make sure that the new text will be remembered more easily creating songs with this process has a long history in many music traditions.
