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Khosid/Khosidl (LKT)
… ... The first melody is one of the tunes sung by the badkhn as he invites various guests up to dance the mitsve …
Mitsve-tants (LKT)
… (in other places they are seated on the same stool) and the badkhn begins to perform his rhymes. With the last rhyme the … Everyone stands around in a circle around the bride, the badkhn calls for the in-laws one after the other to dance … called shabos-tants (acronym of shabbat : the reward of the badkhn you should give) because often after each relative …
Kosher-tants (LKT)
… they danced the kosher-dance ( ‘kosher-tants’ ) and the badkhn returned to perform... (mus. ex. p. 166)... now … The bride... [held] her handkerchief in hand... and the badkhn called on one of the men to dance with the …
Freylekhs (LKT)
… pre-World War II]. Fridhaber 1978b, p. 31 . “While the badkhn recites, the klezmorim begin to play a freylekhs and … are assembling, the klezmorim play a freyklekhs and the badkhn cries, ‘Vivat!’ ... Afterwards the klezmorim play a … sad melodies so as to summon up tears from the women... The badkhn stands up and at that moment becomes a preacher and …
Kale bazetsen (LKT)
… ... The first melody is one of the tunes sung by the badkhn as he invites various guests up to dance the mitsve … wedding. It was usually performed by the musicians and the badkhn (wedding poet/jester), who improvised formulaic …
Bazingen di kale (LKT)
… at the end of each citation. “'R’ Simkhe Meir the Badkhn entered to sing before the bride ( ‘di kale bazingen’ … ) before the seating... The musicians even assisted the badkhn Simkhe Meyer with their traditional and sad …
Bazetsens (LKT)
… features improvised but formulaic rhymed verses sung by the badkhn or marshalik [wedding poet/master of ceremonies] to a … sad melodies so as to summon up tears from the women...The badkhn stands up and at that moment becomes a preacher and … The women begin to raise even more of a racket. Then the badkhn begins to rhyme...[soon] forgets that he began in …
Badekns (LKT)
… the room, the musicians strike up a gay tune and the badkhn calls out: ‘ Vivat !...’' [A. B. Gotlober: … . “A particularly serious moment was the ‘ badekns.’ The badkhn showed off and dazzled with his full talent... Later … ‘badekns.’ The band began and Yenkl Krakovski, the town badkhn did an introduction. Standing on a bench he began …
Dobridzien (LKT)
… stylish, especially in Zunser’s times, the art of the badkhn became very common. Anyone who had a semi-decent … few songs, bought a bazetsns with a ‘gut morgn’ from a real badkhn and became a badkhn in his own right.” [Vilna, Lithuania, 1870s-80s]. …
Dobranotsh (LKT)
… ( ‘a gute nakht’ ), from the beginning of the melody, the badkhn used to shout in a loud voice -- for the honor of the … famous important in-law... At the end of the melody, the badkhn used to mention again for whom it had been played. … (good night), a sentimental quiet melody (mus. ex. 5). The badkhn would perform humoristic, witty rhymes with the …