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Tish-nign (LKT)
… end of each citation, you get the full reference. “Then there were tunes ‘for the table,’ for the guests to listen to … Beregovski 1937 [= Beregovski/Slobin 1982, p. 532] . “There’s also a whole huge body of what they call tish nigunim …
Ehad mi Yodea - Its sources, variations, and parodies
… the opening line “Der do lebt un der do schwebt,” meaning there God dwells in heaven and there he floats. This specific wording appeared also in … the topic of much scholarly debate and it seems that while there is much speculation, there is little certainty as to …

Troyer-nign (LKT)
… until and during the ceremony, and later, during the meal: sherele , mitsve-tentsl, droshe-geshank-oyfshpiln and other …

Tsepler-tants (LKT)
… citation, you get the full reference. “In addition, is there some connection between ‘shemele--tshemelen--shamper’ …

Tsigayner-tants (LKT)
… you get the full reference. “The bride had her space, where the women quibbled with the girls, [and] there a konter-tants was danced for [the women’s] approval, …

Tvile
… with the in-laws [for the tvile ]. They played all the way there and back.’” [Tarnogrod, Lublin, late …

Vals (LKT)
… Polish, and Rumanian dances.” EncyJud 1971, p. 1266 . “There are also ‘cosmopolitan repertoire’ couple dances of … the musicians with a clarinet, trumpet, and two fiddles. There was also a little Jew with a long, large bass, and a …
The Jerusalem-Sephardic Tradition
… and diversity of synagogues throughout the Ottoman Empire, there is a common liturgical repertoire shared by all the … in the compositions of Rabbi Israel Najara (1555-1625), where we find reference to the use of maqam . The use of … prayer and piyyut traditions of the Sephardic communities there. The Aleppo community held on to an ancient performance …

Zemerl (LKT)
… to Ukrainian and Romanian sheperds’ tunes, it is performed here in the style of the tish-nign and employs the most … music at Jewish weddings, and at non-Jewish occasions where Jewish tunes were often requested.” Alpert 1993, p. 4 . …
A Gneyve - A Yiddish Song of Theft and Poverty
… as an example of how “nonsense songs laugh at poverty, but there is a wryness to them” (Rubin, 1976: 77). 'A Gneyve' is … Besides telling the story of a robbery this song could therefore be a roundabout way of showing the righteousness … Leib Cohen's Yiddishe Folkslieder mit Melodien (1957), where the text appears without a melody. A few of the stanzas …