(271 results found)
Freylekhs (LKT)
… singular khusid ] were cornerstones of Leon’s old-time, Jewish dance repertoire. He often referred to them as a … [ mitsve dance], alluding to their frequent use at Jewish weddings to accompany the mitsve [ritual … “Other dances performed at weddings in East European communities were:... Redl, Frailachs, Karahod, Hopke , …
Hora (LKT)
… dance, cf. Bulg. krivo horo ] and other terms. American-Jewish musicians often refer to it as ‘slow hora.’ The … from the contemporary hora popular in Orthodox and Hasidic communities. In a much wider area of Eastern Europe, horas were frequently used as processional tunes at Jewish weddings and other celebrations.” Alpert 1993, p. 2 . …
Zhok (LKT)
… 1987 #226-231 . (Musical notation included). “In many communities in Eastern Europe, especially in Hungary, Moravia, and Rumania, Jewish youths would assemble on Saturday afternoons for … zhok as if it were a new innovation that was not really Jewish. He left Kiev in the Ukraine in the 1920’s perhaps. …
Hopke (LKT)
… . “Other dances performed at weddings in East European communities were:... Redl, Frailachs, Karahod, Hopke , … the hopak . (The name hopak was folklorized into hopke .) Jewish kozachok melodies were borrowed, but in the klezmer … in the klezmer repertoire. They did not acquire a Jewish sound. The kozachoks and hopaks that were adopted are …
Beroyges-tants
… p. 1266 . “The ‘beroyges’ and ‘shalom’ dances [are] two Jewish weddings dances that were widespread in Eastern European Jewish communities, and [formed] part of the style of primary …
Mekhutenim-tants
… pp. 15-16 . “The ‘beroyges’ and ‘shalom’ dances [are] two Jewish weddings dances that were widespread in Eastern European Jewish communities, and [formed] part of the style of primary …
Mitsve-tants (LKT)
… singular khusid ] were cornerstones of Leon’s old-time, Jewish dance repertoire. He often referred to them as a … [ mitsve dance], alluding to their frequent use at Jewish weddings to accompany the mitsve [ritual … and the restrictions against mixed dancing in Jewish communities. Later publications describe a modified Mitzvah …
Shemele (LKT)
… p. 24 . “The ‘beroyges’ and ‘shalom’ dances [are] two Jewish weddings dances that were widespread in Eastern European Jewish communities, and [formed] part of the style of primary …
Koyletsh-tants (LKT)
… with lit candles usually inserted inside was known in most communities by the name ‘khale tants’ meaning ‘the dance … II]. Gilernt 1954, p. 387 . “After the khupe, according to Jewish custom, they led the joyful couple together on a full …
La Gallarda matadora
… in 1492 and spread around the Mediterranean. Sephardic communities in northern Morocco and in parts of the Ottoman … who brought the seeds of flamenco to Spain. Moreover, the Jewish expulsion from the Iberian Peninsula occurred … of the history of flamenco almost always mention some Jewish influence on the development of flamenco, although it …