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38 Cards in this Set
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Where is the musical language of Klezmer derived from?
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Cantoral singing (krekts); Eastern European folk and popular music.
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What was Haskala's ideology? When?
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To keep Jewish religion, but blend into society. Mid-1700's.
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The _______ saw music and ______ as an integral part of religion and a way to communicate with the divine. ______ above _____, and ______ above _______.
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Hassidin; dancing; religious exultation, knowledge and study; emotion, reason.
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Who opposed instrumental music as part of religion?
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Misnogdim
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What kind of music was allowed by the Misnogdim? Why?
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Cantoral singing - chanting and prayer. After 2nd temple destroyed by Romans in the year 70.
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For the ________ branch of Hasidism, music was more _______ rather than rythmic.
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Habad; melodic.
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What was the dominant instrument in Klezmer music?
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Violin
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The ______ instrument was used in the beginning, but replaced by the _________.
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Flute, clarinet.
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________ is an improvised melodic section on top of a drone. It is followed by a ________.
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Doina, dance.
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The Jews who dispered to Spain were known as _______.
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Sephardic.
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The Jews who dispersed to the Mediterranean region were known as?
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Oriental.
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The dispersion of the Jewish people was known as _______?
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Diaspora
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A "scissors" dance.
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Sher
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4 aspects of ethnomusicology?
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1) belief system
2) social organization 3) repetoire 4) material culture |
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Describe the material culture aspect of ethnomusicology:
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instruments.
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What is the Jewish choir boy known as? Who is he apprenticed to? What is he restricted to?
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Meshoyrer.
Cantor/khazn. Religious singing. |
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The ____ was an instrument made from a ram's horn.
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Shofar.
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The ________ is a dance that begins slow & low and ends fast & high.
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khosidl
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The khazn's style of singing was called:
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Cantillation
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What is the mode characterized by the sharp 3rd derived from the khazn's singing?
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Freygish
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What is a scale? The number of each note in the scale is its _______.
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A group of notes separated by intervals.
Degree. |
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Some instruments that might be found in a kapelye would be:
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brass (trumpet), clarinet, violin, tsimbl.
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Who was the founder of the Hasidim?
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Baal Shem Tov, "Keeper of the good name"
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The Hasidic sect that followed the founder's ideas was called ______. It could be found in _______, ______, _____, ______.
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Besht. Russia, Poland, Hungary, Romania.
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A niggun was composed by a ________, who was a ______________.
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Tsadik.
Spirtual leader of Hassidians. |
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What kind of instrument?
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Kinnor (type of lyre).
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What kind of instrument?
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Neval (type of Lyre)
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Biblical round drum is called?
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Tof
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Biblical shaker instrument is called?
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Menalyn
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What was the Biblical flut-like instrument called? (not sacred)
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Halil
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What was the Biblical flute-like instrument used in religious ceremonies called?
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Ugab
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Name the five categories of Jewish musicians:
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1) Badkhn
2) Klezmer 3) Khazn (cantor, sacred singer) 4) Meshoyrer (cantor's assistant) 5) Folk singer |
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Name 3 things that define art music.
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1) Composer is known
2) Performed in a concert setting 3) Audience pays, goes to musicians |
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The ram's horn was used to (5 things):
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1) announce new year
2) scare enemy 3) announce victory 4) call people to prayer 5) end of fast |
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What defines folk music? (3)
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-Musicians go to the people
-Learned music by listening / not notated -Composer usually not known |
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The Jews who dispersed to Eastern Europe were called _______.
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Ashkenazic.
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Where did the Haskala movement exist?
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Started in Germany, moved eastward.
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When Klezmers used nigguns as secular melodies, they were called _______.
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Khosidl (???).
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