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Fiddler on the Move: Exploring the Klezmer World
… and links to a tradition? How do economics, artistic expression, and the evocation of the past interact in …
Fritz (Friedrich) Kriesler
Friedrich 'Fritz' Kreisler was an Austrian-born American violinist and composer. Of…

Frederick Piket
… Music and New York University. Piket valued original self-expression over a collective historical approach in his …

His Wife's Lover
Directed by Sidney M. Goldin
His Wife's Lover (Zayn Vaybs Lubovnik) is a classic of…
Cleaving tune (Niggun Dvekut)
… which probably is a Hebrew translation of the Yiddish expression 'A dveykes nign' or 'A Dveyke', and is found in …

Too Early To Be Quiet, Too Late To Sing
Documentary. Yiddish and Hebrew w/ English subtitles. 53 min.
Too Early To Be Quiet,…

Parallels Between the Old–French and the Jewish Song
… whenever the mode has originally grown out of the tonal expression of some racial element merged into the new …
Bar Kochba
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This entry is part of an online exhibit entitled: '…
“Unter dem kinds Wiegele” – Beneath the Baby’s Cradle
… rhythm in the next phrase. This contemplative rhythmic expression is underlined with an idiomatic bowing called …