Yemenite Jewish liturgical music

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Judaism
Yemenite Jewish culture
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Yemenite_Jews
gptkbp:characterizedBy unique pronunciation of Hebrew
melismatic singing
unaccompanied vocal performance
gptkbp:distinctFrom Ashkenazi Jewish liturgical music
Babylonian Jewish liturgical music
Sephardic Jewish liturgical music
gptkbp:documentedIn ethnomusicologists
gptkbp:features call and response
improvisation
distinctive scales
rhythmic clapping
maqam system
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Yemenite Jewish liturgical music
gptkbp:includes piyyutim
holiday songs
Shabbat songs
Torah cantillation
gptkbp:influencedBy Yemenite Arabic music
ancient Jewish traditions
gptkbp:language gptkb:Aramaic
gptkb:Hebrew
gptkb:Judeo-Arabic
gptkbp:notablePerformer gptkb:Aharon_Amram
Shlomo Dachbash
Zohar Amar
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Yemen
gptkb:ancient_Israel
gptkbp:performedAt weddings
Jewish holidays
bar mitzvahs
circumcisions
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:Yemenite_Jewish_diaspora
gptkb:Yemenite_Jewish_communities_in_Israel
Yemenite Jewish elders
cantors (hazzanim)
gptkbp:recordedAt gptkb:National_Library_of_Israel
Jewish Music Research Centre
gptkbp:relatedTo Sephardic Jewish music
Mizrahi Jewish music
gptkbp:studiedBy Abraham Zvi Idelsohn
Amnon Shiloah
Eliyahu Schleifer
gptkbp:transmittedBy gptkb:oral_tradition
generations
gptkbp:usedIn synagogue services
home rituals
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jewish_community_of_Sana'a
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8