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 refer to the term in question. It also indicates whether musical notation or sound recordings are included in the source. To view the full reference, click on the bibliographic hyperlink at the end of each citation.
“Was the frejlaxs known under different names in various locales: frejlaxs, hopke, skocne, karahod, redl, drejdl, kajlexikes, rikudl, etc.? What did they call it in your area?” Beregovski 1937 [=Beregovski/Slobin 1982, p. 546].
“A little dance for men only at a wedding and on Simkhes-Torah with the hakafot. When it was announced the women also knew it as a karahod. Reyzen 1945, p. 3.
See Freylekhs, Karahod, and Tants-nign.