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Khupe-marsh (LKT)
… brought the bride to the sound of music... People danced around the bride inside the house.” … included). “‘Khupah Tanz #2.’ The march-like Wedding Dance #2 comes from a recording by Abe Schwartz.” Phillips … girlfriends and acquaintances came and we were happy and danced a lot... meanwhile the happy Begele Tanzel also …
Opfirn di mekhutonim (LKT)
… the full reference. “These klezmorim know many pieces: dance, instrumental works played at the table, street tunes …
Freylekhs (LKT)
… of each citation. “These two khusidlekh [Hasidic-style dance tunes, singular khusid ] were cornerstones of Leon’s old-time, Jewish dance repertoire. He often referred to them as a mitsve-tentsl [ mitsve dance], alluding to their frequent use at Jewish weddings to …
Woody Guthrie's Hanukkah Songs
… Guthrie met Marjorie in 1942 when she was performing a dance based on one of his songs. Their first daughter Cathy … much content connected to the actual holiday ( Hanukkah Dance , Hanukkah Gelt , Honeyky Hanukkah ), to songs that … to the newly formed state for a year: We’ve sung and danced o’er the hot rocky roads Back to Eretz Yisroel’s land …
Freylekhs fun der khupe (LKT)
… canopy). At the same time, freylekhs refers to a general dance ...” Rubin 1997, p. 18 . ( Recording references …
Gas-nign (LKT)
… Alpert 1996a, p. 16 . “These klezmorim know many pieces: dance, instrumental works played at the table, street tunes … not actually have another function other than accompanying dance, had, in these marriages, a more precise role: one … the kind of embellishments that are intrinsic to the hora dance form. It was the kind of tune played to accompany the …
Hora (LKT)
… you get the full reference. “ Hora refers to a Romanian dance and musical genre of great diversity, comprising brisk … also called londre or landre , zhok , krumer tants [crooked dance, cf. Bulg. krivo horo ] and other terms. … often refer to it as ‘slow hora.’ The rhythm and the dance movements are distinct both from the lively Israeli …
Zhok (LKT)
… courtyard, which became popularly known by the name of dance they loved, the Joc , a type of hora common among … overruled by the people. This popular Saturday afternoon dance movement produced new folk songs and dances.” EncyJud 1971, p. 1267 . “The transitional or …
Tants nign (LKT)
… Yiddish terms tants nign or a tenzl . Other terms for dance tunes are hopke , dreidl , or redele (all used by … freilakhs and kadachke (used in various dynasties). Dance tunes have defined musical characteristics: duple … trisectional (ABC), and the ABCB form (Mazor-Hadju 1974). Dance tunes are performed mainly at weddings and rejoicing …
Hopke (LKT)
… pre-World War I]. Cahan 1957, p. 491 (#255) . “Other dances performed at weddings in East European communities … were:... Redl, Frailachs, Karahod, Hopke , vigorous circle dances done by men.” EncyJud 1971, pp. 1265-66 . “Alongside … find purely Jewish pieces.” Goldin 1989, p. 15 . “ Hopke . dance.” Harkavi 1928, p. 185 . “ The Redl, Karahod, Hopke : …