- 'tune' or 'melody'; pl.
nigunim) or
niggun (pl. niggunim) is a form of Ashke****
Jewish vocal music sung in
group settings.
Nigunim are
melodic tunes, often...
- the
trade of
songs between nations speaking different languages.
Jewish Nigunim also
feature wordless melodies composed entirely of
vocables such as Yai...
-
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...
- text study, meditation,
silence and retreat,
diary practices,
chanting (
nigunim), contemplation, visualization, tzedakah, and
doing good
deeds on behalf...
- guitarist/vocalist
Zachariah Goldschmiedt,
their music pairs traditional Hasidic nigunim (wordless
vocal melodies) with
elements of folk, rock, soul, jazz, ska...
-
Melodies (1963)
Skulaner Nigunim -
Oidchu Hashem (1968)
Melodies of Camp Kol-Ree-Nah (1969) Ch****idic
Nigunim (1971)
Skulaner Nigunim 2 (1977)
Melitzer Oneg...
- on the
spirituality of
nigunim,
wordless melodies, as a
means to
reach devekut during prayer and
communal gatherings.
Nigunim developed new expressions...
-
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"...
- niggunim.
There are
nigunim for
private meditation,
often in prayer,
called devekus nigunim.
These are
usually slower than
communal nigunim, and
without lyrics...
- Shenker. The
rebbes of
Modzitz and
their followers have
composed over 4,000
nigunim. The
dynasty started with
Rebbe Yechezkel Taub of Kuzmir, (1755–1856),...
