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Bessie Schonberg
… mother. She moved to Dresden with the three girls at the start of World War I. At age seventeen, Schönberg moved to … she was at first quite dissatisfied with the teachers and art she experienced in the United States. It wasn't until 1927 when Martha Hill joined the faculty of the University of Oregon …
Hopak (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT) . The LKT … given near-virtuoso features. Moreover they became multipart works. The borrowed hopak tunes did not keep their name. …
Beroyges-tants
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT) . The LKT … in Eastern European Jewish communities, and [formed] part of the style of primary dances that introduced the meal … The ‘Revival of the Dead,’ which consists of three parts (friendship and fight, resuscitation, joy after man …
Mekhutenim-tants
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT … sources depict this event of the signing of the ‘tenoim’ particularly as a family feast accompanied by modest [dance] … in Eastern European Jewish communities, and [formed] part of the style of primary dances that introduced the meal …
Kosher-tants (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT) . The LKT … hands in public between men and women is forbidden, the partners hold the corners of a handkerchief between them. No …
Mitsve-tants (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT … which lasted seven days, guests and neighbors took part in the dancing and even beggars of the town had the … ( Mitsve tentsl ). After the guests had feasted to their hearts’ content in the wedding halls, and celebrated wildly in …
«A Special Kind of Antisemitism»: On Russian Nationalism and Jewish Music
… historical reasons for this striking trend. [4] But in this article I want to discuss not its actual causes but instead … the Society for Jewish Music, owes its origins in large part to the shared obsession of Russians and Jews with the … of this formative period were composed long afterwards by artists in exile, operating with fundamentally new …
Semele (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT … about the ‘semele’ in an old-Swiss children’s dance, a baletartikn , which was brought in Rokhholtz’s collection of … which only the Modnitzers knew, this [dance] was already part of the high hand-dances, next [came]: a semele...” …
Semene (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT …
Shemele (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT … in Eastern European Jewish communities, and [formed] part of the style of primary dances that introduced the meal …