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Hopke (LKT)
… 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 … term used mostly by Polish Hasidim like the Modzhitz community. Some informants use it as a synonym for tenzl , a …
Beroyges-tants
… klezmorim struck up a merry march of ‘ badekns ’ and the community began to head towards the khupe.” [Zambrow, … 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 …
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 … the bridegroom; then scholars and important members of the community took turns. Each would extend to the bride the tip …
Teplik: My Shtetl
… 1 … Buenos Aires … … 1946 … Velvl Tshernovetski … Diasporic Jewish Culture … Jewish community … Ashkenazi … Valentin Chernovetzky … Teplik: My …
La Gallarda matadora
… 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 … matadora from Tetouan, where the most important Jewish community in North Morocco was located. Four variants of …
Quadrille (LKT)
… with him in the middle, just as at a wedding in a little Jewish town.” [Nikolayev, Kherson province, afterwards, … Feldman 1994, p. 10 . “We find in a memorial book of the community of Dubno... in the repertoire [of the klezmorim … [New York, c. World War I].] Raboy 1920, p. 25 . “Jewish folk dance melody ‘ sher kadril ’. This melody was …
Marsh (LKT)
… Ukraine, 1820s-30s]. Fridkin 1925, p. 46 . “A Jewish wedding in the shtetl was a holiday... When Arish the … tunes which were usually adopted from the surrounding non-Jewish cultures. The adoption of marches by Hasidim is part … triple meter of the waltz style... 2) Members of the Boyan community and young Hasidim of other communities use this …
Sher
… “Sher: One of the most common dance forms in the Jewish repertoire, similar to a square dance or a Russian … their weddings and celebrations, to which they invited Jewish musicians. The Ukrainian youth there danced the šer … 1968, pp. 24-26 . “We find in a memorial book of the community of Dubno... in the repertoire [of the …
Hag Purim – The story behind its melody
… 82-83. Example 8 Harry Coopersmith, editor, Little Books of Jewish Songs: Purim , Chicago: Board of Jewish Education, 1928. Example 9 Jacob Schoenberg, Shirei … teachers and sung by children all over the Jewish community in British Palestine (Naor 2008). The songs were …
The Jerusalem-Sephardic Tradition
… known as “Jerusalem-Sephardic,” which originated among the Jewish communities scattered throughout the Ottoman Empire … singing tradition found among the descendants of the Jewish communities exiled from Spain to the lands of Islam … traditions of the Sephardic communities there. The Aleppo community held on to an ancient performance tradition of …