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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 Hanukah 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 ( Hanuka Dance , Hanuka Gelt , Honeyky Hanukah ), 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 : …
Bessie Schonberg
… University there. Finally she had an opportunity to study dance, in which her father had never approved of her … that Schönberg became truly inspired by her studies in dance. In 1929 Schönberg decided to leave Oregon with Hill and go to New York to study dance. Hill helped Schönberg in numerous ways, including …
World History of the Dance
… … Curt Sachs … Bessie Schonberg … World History of the Dance …