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Priestly Blessing- Birkat Kohanim
… reads out loud the last blessing of the Amida in accordance to the modal character of that specific day. This is … the words ' Yishar koa h .' The Simple Reading The musical capabilities of the priests are very diverse and … the other hand, the Eastern European music's source is from folkloric inventions of the priests. In similarity with folk …
Hora
… from Rumanian. As an ancient term it meant a circular folk dance. Later, it came to signify also a specific dance. The … r Moshe (Musa) Berlin (b. 1937), who took his tunes from musical scores and records published in the U.S., used the …
Freylekhs
… term that, in this case, signifies a musical genre. It seems that Freylekhs tunes comprised … in Eastern Europe, and were the most popular amongst the Dance tunes . Support for this hypothesis is found in … (LKT). [1] Moshe Beregovski, Jewish Instrumental Folk Music , Vol. III (М.Я.Береговский. Еврейская народная …
Zemirot
… which are sung during and directly after Sabbath meals. The musical versions are numerous and heterogeneous reflecting a … origins, and comprising an ever expanding body of folk material.' The texts of the Zemirot describe the joys … German, Bohemian, Hungarian and Polish secular songs and dances. 3. Jewish melodies either newly composed or already …
Dance tune (Niggun rikud)
… terms, such as tants nign or a tenzl. Other terms for dance tunes are: hopke; dreidl; redl or redele (all probably … in various communities). Hassidic dance tunes have defined musical characteristics such as duple meter and fast tempi … , p. 240; see also Moshe Beregovski, Jewish Instrumental Folk Music , 2001, no. 85, 102. [2] See Mazor-Hajdu, The …
Kolomeyke (LKT)
… and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations from … p. 239 . “The co-territorial repertoire consisted of local dance tunes of non-Jewish origin played by klezmorim for … is typical of several musical categories of the gentile folk environment in which the Hasidic movement arose and …
Baqqashah (Pl. Baqqashot)
… in that the piyyutim are arranged according to the maqamat (musical modes) in use in the court music of the Ottoman … organization of the musical content of this event in accordance with the principles of the Arabic maqam. As a result … of the Morrocan Baqqashot melodies are modern 20th century folk melodies from Egypt and other Middle-Eastern countries, …
Wedding Dances and Songs of the Jews of Bokhara
… … 3 … Journal of the International Folk Music Council … Journal of the International Folk Music … … 17-23 … … 2 … 1950 … Edith (Esther) Gerson Kiwi … Wedding Dances and Songs of the Jews of Bokhara …
A hassidic ritual dance: the "mitsve tants" in Jerusalemite weddings
… … Yuval Studies … 38013 … 164-224 … Jerusalem … Jewish Music Research Centre, Magnes Press … Yuval; Studies of the … Centre … … Hassidim … 1994 … Israel … Wedding … Customs … Dance … Folklore … Hasidim … Hasidism … Marriage … Society … …
Fiddler on the Move: Exploring the Klezmer World
… 'Klezmer' is a Yiddish word for professional folk instrumentalist-the flutist, fiddler, and bass player that made brides weep and guests dance at weddings throughout Jewish eastern Europe before … Stalin, and lost out to assimilation in America. Klezmer music is now experiencing a tremendous new spurt of interest …