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Does anyone use Israeli music? If so, what do you like?
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Re: Israeli music
Tue, July 21, 2009 - 7:10 AMI like Erev Shel Shoshanim (Evening of Roses). There are a number of versions around but it is generally a rumba that is good for veil work.
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Wed, September 2, 2009 - 11:13 AMWe've used some - Erev shel Shoshanym, Hava Nagila, and are currently working on a veil piece to Dodi Li.
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Thu, September 3, 2009 - 5:15 PMDoes anyone recall the appropriate rhythms used in Israeli dagger dance? Or suggestion of music?
...I am so sorry that the name of that dance is eluding me but it is the "gal fending off foriegn men coming to capture her" theme. -
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Re: Israeli music
Thu, September 24, 2009 - 10:58 AMThe Jewish population in Israel was less than 15% for a couple thousand years; at times less than 4%...until the Zionist movement started in/around the 1880's. With such a small population in the area for so long it is not a surprise that Israeli songs appropriate for Middle Eastern dance will be difficult to find as the majority of the current Israeli population are 1st, 2nd or 3rd generation immigrants from Europe.
Other than the one lovely veil song already mentioned, I haven't heard any that I am aware of. -
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Sat, September 26, 2009 - 5:19 AMI'd like to point out that "Israel" was Palestine a mere 50+ years ago and part of my family were Palestinian Jews before the state of Israel was born.
And please remember Jews have lived all over the Middle East for...well...since the dawn of religion. Israeli music incorporates classic folk music (think 'hora' and 'wedding chuppah' celebratory music) as well as liturgical (not appropriate for dancing), and Zionistic. Klezmher (my favorite for dancing) and Sephardic each have traditional sounds from Russia & Turkey, Morocco, Spain, Greece,Jerusalem, the Balkans and Egypt. Jewish music borrowed from each of these lands where lived, for instance, creating high pitched Zaghareet melodies and sounds in North African, using 9/8 time for Balkan rhythms and adopting the Turkish maqam! I dance to "Fun Der Kuppe" and a wealth of Turkish songs written with that terrific Klez sound! -
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Sun, September 27, 2009 - 10:43 AMGia, dear, I'm sorry if I came off the wrong way.
I was trying to point out numbers wise why it would be more challenging to find Israeli music specifically for belly dance. The original post did not say "Jewish heritage music from anywhere in the Middle East", she said specifically said "Israeli" music.
I would consider Klezmher and Sephardic music from other countries as just that: lively Klezmher and beautiful Sephardic music from countries other than Israel. If someone asked me for Turkish "Gypsy" music, I wouldn't answer the question with Russian Romani songs despite a shared "Gypsy"/Roma heritage.
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Mon, September 28, 2009 - 6:19 AMHi Samira...sorry if my answer to the OP sounded as though it was directed at your post...it wasn't.
I have used the aforementioned music in everything from cultural shows to cabaret sets and private parties and consider it all to be 'belly dance music'...so I guess it's all a matter of perspective. And I think that you'll find for the most part that "Israeli" music, especially of the popular variety, does encompass Klez as well as those from Sephardic and Middle Eastern influences...Israeli culture, like so many others, is very much a melting pot and so these kinds of musical styles are all very much a part of Israeli music as a whole.
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