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Music of Israel

Israel is a country in the Middle East located between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, with Jerusalem as its capital. Music is an important part of Israeli national identity, combining Jewish and non-Jewish traditions from immigrants around the world. Israeli music incorporates elements from neighboring Middle Eastern countries like complex rhythms and modal melodies, as well as influences from Russia and Europe. Traditional folk songs and instruments continue to define Israeli culture.

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Music of Israel

Israel is a country in the Middle East located between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, with Jerusalem as its capital. Music is an important part of Israeli national identity, combining Jewish and non-Jewish traditions from immigrants around the world. Israeli music incorporates elements from neighboring Middle Eastern countries like complex rhythms and modal melodies, as well as influences from Russia and Europe. Traditional folk songs and instruments continue to define Israeli culture.

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Country’s Background
• Israel is a country in the Middle East, on the Southeastern shore of
Mediterranean Sea and the Northern shore of Red Sea.
• Israel's diverse culture origins from the diversity of its population: Jews
from diaspora communities around the world have brought their cultural
and religious traditions back with them, creating a melting pot of Jewish
customs and beliefs.
• Jerusalem, Israel's capital, has stood at the center of the Jewish people’s
national and spiritual life since King David made it the capital of his
kingdom some 3000 years ago.
• The official languages of the country are Hebrew and Arabic, but in the
country’s streets many other languages can be heard.
Middle East Asia
Music of Israel
• Music in Israel is an important part of national identity. It is a combination of
Jewish and non-Jewish music traditions that have come together over the
past century to create a distinctive musical culture.
• When the days of the pioneers began, Hebrew songs and public sing-alongs
(Shira be Tsibur) were a common pastime of the early settlers and they
became a defining force for their identity.
• Jewish immigrants from Europe , Asia, Middle East, and elsewhere brought
with them their musical traditions, blending and molding them into a new
Israeli sound.
• Israeli’s musicians have made significant contributions to classical, jazz, pop,
pop rock, and other international music genres that defined their national spirit
and stylistic elements.
What are the elements used in music of Israel?
• Rhythm – complicated metric system and modes of middle east
• Harmony/Texture – Heterophony and highly ornamented
• Form – improvisatory
• Melody – complex modal system
• Timbre – throaty, guttural voice
Musical Background of Israel
• Israel’s music is heavily influenced by its neighboring countries. It combines
more their ethnic, western, and eastern music as well as Jewish and non-
Jewish music traditions. Israel also has refined a rich tradition of classical
European music.
• Israel music is composed of two major forces: Zionist movement which
encouraged the creation and dissemination of Israeli folk music; and Political
struggle against fascism which led many European-born musicians to flee to
the Holy Land.
• Zionist musicians composed hundreds of short simple folk songs for
dissemination to other Israelites which show how music is a very essential
part of national identity in Israel.
What are the two divisions of Jewish music?
Devotional Secular
• More on vocal music • Uses instrumental and vocal music
• Shofar, a musical instrument (a ram’s horn) • Music is used for the passage event
used to call for prayer and repentance • Mostly uses rhythmic and popular romantic text
• Attributes Sabbath and other holy days

Influence of Russia and Middle East


Russia Middle East
• Folk Tunes and musical styles • Sound of local Arab music
• Minor key • Oriental music traditions
• Contrafacta – Russian folk tunes with • Popo and rock from Greek
translated or new lyrics in Hebrew • Melismatic ornamentation
• Nasal
• Modal swinging
• Homophonic texture
Zum Gali Gali
• Zum Gali Gali is a traditional
song relating to the formation
of the State of Israel
originating sometime around
its creation in 1948.
• It has a fast tempo with a
wide-ranging melodic line. It is
usually sung with
accompaniment and it is a
repetitive chant.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=zum+gali+gali
Famous Musical Instruments of Israel
Israel used the shofar or the ram’s horn in all
assemblies to signal the arrival of enemy in
battle.
Famous Musical Instruments of Israel
Riq is important in both folk and classical
music forms of the Arabs.
Famous Musical Instruments of Israel
Harp of David/Kinnor – ancient lyre which is generally agreed to be a
stringed instrument, and thus the stringed instrument most commonly
mentioned in the Old Testament.
Famous Musical Instruments of Israel

Psalterion - An ancient stringed


instrument played by plucking the
strings with the fingers or a
plectrum. They vary widely in
shape and the number of strings
(which are often, like lutes, in
courses of two or more strings).
Famous Musical Instruments of Israel

The goblet drum is a single head


membranophone with a goblet shaped body used
mostly in the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia,
and Eastern Europe.
The goblet drum may be played while held under
one arm (usually the non-dominant arm) or by
placing it sideways upon the lap (with the head
towards the player's knees) while seated.
Some drums are also made with strap mounts so
the drum may be slung over the shoulder, to
facilitate playing while standing or dancing
Famous Musical Instruments of Israel

Toft (Bendir)
The term Bendir means in Turkish language a
big hand frame drum, which is known as Duff
in Arabic language.
The drum is played kept vertical by inserting
the thumb of the left hand in a special holes in
the frame.
Famous Musical Instruments of Israel

The oud is a short-neck lute-type,


pear-shaped stringed instrument
with 11 or 13 strings grouped in 5 or
6 courses.
Commonly used in Persian, Greek,
Turkish, Jewish, Byzantine,
Azerbaijani, Arabian, Armenian,
North African (Chaabi, Classical,
and Spanish Andalusian), Somali
and Middle Eastern music.
Prepared by:

DANILO L. PAGADUAN JR.,


MAPEH Teacher
Notre Dame of Midsayap College - IBED
Midsayap, Cotabato

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