Hed Arzi Globe Style Records Ausfahrt Shanachie Records
Producer
Bezalel Aloni, Benny Nagari
Ofra Haza chronology
Bayt Ham • A Place for Me (1984)
Yemenite Songs (1984)
Adamah • Earth (1985)
Alternative Cover
Fifty Gates of Wisdom
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Allmusic
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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 percussion, Yemenite tin and tambala, strings, brass and woodwind as well as drum machines and synthesizers.
The songs are sung in Hebrew with a Yemenite accent and in Arabic.[2]
In US, the album was released under the title Fifty Gates of Wisdom (Yemenite Songs), having a slightly different track order.[3]
^Roden, Christina. Yemenite Songs at AllMusic
^The Rolling Stone Album Guide
Anthony DeCurtis, James Henke, Holly George-Warren - 1992 "Fifty Gates of Wisdom (Shanachie, 1987) On Fifty Gates of Wisdom, Ofra Haza shucks the pop-disco conventions that made her a star in Israel and offers up a .."
^"Ofra Haza – Fifty Gates Of Wisdom (Yemenite Songs) (1987, Gatefold, Vinyl)". 1987. Archived from the original on 2021-12-22. Retrieved 2021-12-22 – via www.discogs.com.
YemeniteSongs (Hebrew: שירי תימן) is a 1984 album by Ofra Haza, in which the Israeli pop star returned to her roots interpreting traditional Yemeni Jewish...
the wake of the album Shirei Teiman ("Yemenitesongs"), which she recorded in 1984. The album consisted of songs that Haza had heard in childhood, using...
Yemenite Jews, also known as Yemeni Jews or Teimanim (from Hebrew: יהודי תימן, romanized: Yehude Teman; Arabic: اليهود اليمنيون), are Jews who live, or...
Yemenite Hebrew (Hebrew: עִבְרִית תֵּימָנִית ʿĪvrīṯ Tēmŏnīṯ), also referred to as Temani Hebrew, is the pronunciation system for Hebrew traditionally...
Ladino, and North African Jewish folk songs, and Arabic and Bedouin folk songs and melodies. Born in Jerusalem to Yemenite Jewish immigrants, she was orphaned...
1938, she performed for the first time as a soloist on the radio in Yemenitesongs by the poet Shalom Shabazi, accompanied by oud and drums. In 1939 Damari...
Yemenite Jewish poetry, often referred to as "paraliturgical poetry" because of its religious nature, has been an integral part of Yemenite Jewish culture...
established in 1986 See Musical groups disestablished in 1986 The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1986. "All Cried Out"...
Islamic empires probably reinforced this 'Song of Songs' flavor profile. The spices used vary among cultures; Yemenites use cloves and pepper, while American...
friends. She stopped singing Yemenite music as a teenager but was later drawn back to it after hearing Ofra Haza's YemeniteSongs album. Levi attended Orthodox...
1990 comprises material from her international studio albums Shaday, YemeniteSongs and Desert Wind, including hit singles like "Im Nin' Alu", "Galbi",...
of "Im Nin'alu" was included on the 1984 album YemeniteSongs, which consisted of traditional folk songs with lyrics coming from the poetry of 16th century...
participation. 1984 saw the release of her album YemeniteSongs, a collection of Yemeni Jewish songs and poems recalling Haza's heritage. It included...
was home to over 40,000 Yemeni refugees. Almost 435,000 Yemenite Jews live in Israel. Yemenite Jews have a unique religious tradition that marks them out...
The Yemenite step (Hebrew: צעד תימני, Tza'ad Temani) is a dance step widely used in Jewish dancing and Israeli folk dancing. It originates from the dancing...
songs of Sana'a, called al-Ghina al-San'ani, a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. Yemenis commemorate July 1 as Yemeni Song...
Passover songs are songs from the seder, the festive meal associated with the Jewish festival of Passover. Songs before the meal include: The Seder (Kadesh...
Israelite King Solomon. This account has undergone extensive Jewish, Islamic, Yemenite and Ethiopian elaborations, and it has become the subject of one of the...
Beseder. Many of his songs are acoustic rock, andalusian chords, soul music and oud type songs, blended with Israeli folk, Judeo-Yemenite and Pop overtones...
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