Pleskun (LKT)

This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT compiles a wide array of source materials that shed light on the historical and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations from primary and secondary sources that include or refers to the term in question. It also indicates whether musical notation or sound recordings are included in the source. By clicking on the bibliographic hyperlink at the end of each citation, you get the full reference.

 

Pleskun.” Beregovski/Goldin 1987, #198-202. (Musical notation included). 

“Alongside of literal transfers of Ukrainian kozachoks and hopaks, the klezmer repertoire also contained more or less modified ones and even freely transformed versions. The Jewish dance pleskun takes its name from the Ukrainian pleskach, but the music of these dances is different. ‘In the klezmer repertoire,’ Beregovski writes, ‘we find a number of Ukrainian folk songs which were reworked for solo instrument (most often for violin).” Goldin 1989, p. 15


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