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Zemirot
The word Zemirot means literally 'songs' or 'hymns' but is used to refer to two specific…
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Niggun
A monophonic folk music composition, vocal or instrumental, with or without text,…
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Dance tune (Niggun rikud)
A tune used mostly for dancing. The Hebrew term is likely a translation of the earlier…
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Kolomeyke (LKT)
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…
Cute Boy, Charming Girl
Cute Boy, Charming Girl: Children’s Songs of the Modern Hebrew Nation(1882-1948)…
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Freylekhs
Yiddish term, popularly used to refer to a joyful Niggun, and is still used as…
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Musical instruments of the Mountain Jews
Aziatskay garmoshka (lit. 'Asian accordion'; also called 'gar-mon' or 'ghumuz' in Juhuri…
Contrafactum
A term borrowed from medieval Christianity. It refers to a technique of…
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Society for Jewish Folk Music
Violins, Voice and Jews
In the spring of 1897, on the eve of the Russian Orthodox…