- A
nigun (Hebrew: ניגון
meaning "tune" or "melody",
plural nigunim) or
niggun (plural niggunim) is a form of Ashke****
religious song or tune sung by groups...
- text study, meditation,
silence and retreat,
diary practices,
chanting (
nigunim), contemplation, visualization, tzedakah, and
doing good
deeds on behalf...
- the
trade of
songs between nations speaking different languages.
Jewish Nigunim also
feature wordless melodies composed entirely of
vocables such as Yai...
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Music in the 20th
century has
spanned the
gamut from
Shlomo Carlebach's
nigunim to
Debbie Friedman's
Jewish feminist folk, to the many
sounds of Daniel...
- on the
spirituality of
nigunim,
wordless melodies, as a
means to
reach devekut during prayer and
communal gatherings.
Nigunim developed new expressions...
-
Melodies (1963)
Skulaner Nigunim -
Oidchu Hashem (1968)
Melodies of Camp Kol-Ree-Nah (1969) Ch****idic
Nigunim (1971)
Skulaner Nigunim 2 (1977)
Melitzer Oneg...
-
album Songs of the
Rebbes includes various Lubavitch, Belz, and
Sephardi nigunim and
zemirot – as well as
secular American music, such as Eric Clapton,...
- guitarist/vocalist
Zachariah Goldschmiedt,
their music pairs traditional Hasidic nigunim (wordless
vocal melodies) with
elements of folk, rock, soul, jazz, ska...
-
their emphasis on
singing the liturgy,
often using Carlebach's
original nigunim. They are
usually held for the
Friday night services at the
beginning of...
-
Gaelic communities.
Hasidic Jews use a form of
voice improvisation called nigunim. This
consists of
wordless tunes vocalized with
sounds such as "Bim-bim-bam"...
