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Freylekhs

… comprised the core of the traditional Klezmer repertoire in Eastern Europe, and were the most popular amongst the Dance … (Walter) Feldman , a researcher of Klezmer culture and the Ashkenazi dance in Eastern Europe and in the U.S., the Freylekhs dance has a …

Responsorial Singing

… melodies. Although the responsorial form declined in Eastern Europe, largely due to the dominating musical role … of the ḥ azzan , it remained significant feature of Western Ashkenazic ( minhag ashkenaz ) synagogue song. The following were recited …

Shofet Kol Ha'aretz

… to this day through performance, its presence in the Ashkenazi rite is obscured due to the general abandonment of … source apparently moved eastwards, as it contains many Eastern Ashkenazi texts added later in its margins. Through … Ashkenazi liturgical poems such as Shofet kol ha’aretz to Eastern Europe. When Shofet kol ha’aretz appeared in printed …

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Prayer for the state

… cantors regarding its musical performance. Since the Eastern Ashkenazi cantorial tradition was the one adopted as the … the new prayer on the basis of a sui generis combination of Ashkenazi musical patterns that has no precise parallel in …

Shofet Kol Ha'aretz

… Hashanah of Sephardic origins that is also sung in various Ashkenazi communities during the High Holy Days. As the High … their reminiscences of Biblical chant. The “alternative” Eastern European melody of Shofet kol ha’arez bears the … melodies, the “common” or Western and the “alternative” or Eastern, one have some common features: interesting motivic …