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Lizginke (LKT)
… reference. “A ‘kozak’ [and a freylekhs ]... were folk-dances for adults and in-laws. The youth strutted its wares in waltzes, krakoviaks , etc... They used to dance a vals-boston and a lizginke-tsherkesishen dance with a knife in the hands...” [Dubno, Poland, …
Londre (LKT)
… 2 . Apert 1996a, p. 16 . “Hora: A popular Romanian-Jewish dance in a limping, duple meter, often notated in 3/8 time. … as hoira, londre, zhok, vulekhl, krimer tants (‘crooked dance’), or ‘slow hora.’ Not to be confused with the brisk Israeli dance of the same name.” Alpert 1996b, p. 58 . “ Olandre …
Longa (LKT)
… “‘Sehnaz Longa.’ The longa is a [Turkish Gypsy] type of dance... [according to Walter Feldman,] klezmer versions of this type of dance were recorded by Josef Solinski under the titles … can be traced to these, mixed with hasapikos, a Greek urban dance.” Phillips 1996b, p. 183 . … Longa (LKT) …
Marsh (LKT)
… brought the bride with music accompanying them... People danced around the bride inside the house.” … with a ‘marsh’ , even when to do so meant interrupting the dances...” [Dubno, Poland, pre-World War II]. Katshke 1966, … use this term broadly to refer to joyful melodies and dance tunes. For these Hasidim marsh is synonymous with …
Mazltov (LKT)
… . (Recording references included). “‘Mazel Tov Freilach (Dance of Happiness and Good Luck’... If the bride is an … .” Feldman 1994, p. 7 . “Regarding the same ‘mazl tov’ dance that Gabriel Grod described in his list, we have now before us an additional description of the same dance, and it is identical to the first description. From …
Mazltov far di mekhutonim (LKT)
… transitional or ‘Orientalized’ repertoire consisted of the dance genres named volekh , hora , sirba , ange , and bulgarish . In the non-dance cateogry the most important genre was the doyne ( doina ). In addition, there were a number of non-dance genres (such as mazltov far di makhetonim ) which were …
Mazur (LKT)
… citation, you get the full reference. “You had Polish dance tunes like krakowiak , oberek , na wesolo , mazur and … references included). “Today’s girls... go to weddings and dance polkas ; polke-mazur is their life. [Warsaw, Poland, …
Mazurka (LKT)
… citation, you get the full reference. “You had Polish dance tunes like krakowiak , oberek , na wesolo , mazur and … svadebnye obichai ( Perezhitoe 3), the author lists the dances done by girls with the bride at the preliminaries … waltz, mazurka, quadrille, and lancers... Most of the dances Levanda mentioned were widespread among the masses …
Mezinke (LKT)
… of the floor, and the immediate members of the family dance around and shake hands.” Musiker 1996, p. 52 . (Recording references included). “Mezinka dance.” Pasternak 1987, p. 21 . “ Di mezinke oysgegebn. ” … “When the last child in a family is married the Mezinke is danced. Often a whole garland of flowers is placed on the …
Minuet (LKT)
… Bedecken of the bride took place... [then there was] the dance of the Menuetts and then afterwards cake and coffee.” …