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Yemenite Songs (Hebrew: שירי תימן) is a 1984 album by Ofra Haza, in which the Israeli pop star returned to her roots interpreting traditional Yemeni Jewish songs with lyrics coming from the poetry of 16th century Rabbi Shalom Shabazi. The album was recorded with both traditional and modern musical instruments; wooden and metal ...
[3] (For the modern Yemenite-Israeli musical phenomenon see Yemenite Jewish music.) This arrangement was integrated into the walks of life familiar to the Jews of Yemen. The texts used in the arrangement were put down in writing and later [4] included in separate song collections (dīwāns). The social strictures and norms in Yemenite Jewish ...
Both "Im Nin'Alu" and "Galbi" were originally recorded for the 1984 album Yemenite Songs (also known as Fifty Gates of Wisdom), containing modern versions of traditional Yemeni Jewish songs, recorded with drum machines and synthesizers but still with comparatively traditional arrangements and instruments, including strings, woodwind and brass, as well as distinctive percussion like Yemeni tin ...
Jewish liturgical poems (4 C, 47 P) P. Passover songs (1 C, 12 P) Pages in category "Songs in Hebrew" ... Yemenite Jewish poetry; Yevarechecha;
Pages in category "Jewish music" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total. ... Yemenite Jewish poetry; Yemenite step; Yiddish song; Z. Zemirot;
No other Yemenite Jewish poet has had the popularity and acclaim as Shalom Shabazi who wrote hundreds of poems during his lifetime, a significant amount of which songs being preserved in a song repertoire known as the Dīwān. All songs were composed in either Hebrew or Judeo-Arabic, while many songs were a combination of both languages. The ...
Golan's music is popular outside of Israel, particularly in Yemen, where his family originates. Though the Yemeni government prohibits direct contact with Israel, Golan's records have managed to reach the Yemeni public via the underground, selling around 50,000 copies per album release.
Of Yemenite-Mizrahi descent, Haza performed music known as a mixture of traditional Middle Eastern and commercial singing styles, fusing elements of Eastern and Western instrumentation, orchestration and dance-beat, as well as lyrics from Mizrahi and Jewish folk tales and poetry. [5]