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Honga (LKT)
… the full reference. “Honga/Hongu/Hangu: A Moldavian line dance in 2/4 time. Also called honge and ange.” Alpert 1996b, p. 58 . “The honga was another Moldavian dance. It’s not related to the freylakhs or bulgar. There are very few examples of it in the Jewish repertoire.” Phillips 1996b, p. 178 . “‘A Laibediga …
Badekns (LKT)
… 49 . “Badekns: Ceremony performed prior to a traditional Jewish wedding in which the bride is veiled by the groom in … 58 . ( Recording references included). “The [ beroyges ] dance ended, the song was stopped. The groom approached and … Ukraine, 1820s-1830s]. Lifschutz, p. 45 . “A Jewish wedding in the shtetl was a holiday... When Arish the …
Bazetsens (LKT)
… to play a freykekhs , the women burst with joy and hop and dance....then the khasn is taken and they proceed to the … most important rituals of a traditional Eastern European Jewish wedding before the Second World War....The non-metric … wedding scene. It is peformed by the State Ensemble of Jewish Folk Music of the Ukrainian S.S.R. recorded in the …
Kale bazetsen (LKT)
… tunes sung by the badkhn as he invites various guests up to dance the mitsve tants , the religious obligation to dance with the bride. Max wrote the second section of the … was an important ritual at the traditional East European Jewish wedding. It was usually performed by the musicians …
Tsu der khupe (LKT)
… the full reference. “These klezmorim know many pieces: dance, instrumental works played at the table, street tunes … brought the bride to the sound of music... People danced around the bride inside the house.” … wedding scene. It is peformed by the State Ensemble of Jewish Folk Music of the Ukrainian S.S.R. recorded in the …
Fun der khupe (LKT)
… notation included). “Old women sing this song when they dance opposite the groom with the bride, while they proceed … II]. Katshke 1966, p. 666 . “After the khupe according to Jewish custom, they led the joyful couple together on a full …
Freylekhs (LKT)
… of each citation. “These two khusidlekh [Hasidic-style dance tunes, 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 …
Woody Guthrie's Hanukkah Songs
… Within his vast oeuvre there are a handful of songs with Jewish themes, and a few of them are specifically related to Hanukkah. Guthrie himself was not Jewish; however his second wife, Marjorie Mazia Greenblatt, … Guthrie met Marjorie in 1942 when she was performing a dance based on one of his songs. Their first daughter Cathy …
Hora (LKT)
… you get the full reference. “ Hora refers to a Romanian dance and musical genre of great diversity, comprising brisk … dance, cf. Bulg. krivo horo ] and other terms. American-Jewish musicians often refer to it as ‘slow hora.’ The … Europe, horas were frequently used as processional tunes at Jewish weddings and other celebrations.” Alpert 1993, p. 2 . …
Zhok (LKT)
… Europe, especially in Hungary, Moravia, and Rumania, Jewish youths would assemble on Saturday afternoons for … courtyard, which became popularly known by the name of dance they loved, the Joc , a type of hora common among … zhok as if it were a new innovation that was not really Jewish. He left Kiev in the Ukraine in the 1920’s perhaps. …