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Marsh (LKT)
… brought the bride with music accompanying them... People danced around the bride inside the house.” … 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 …
Mazltov (LKT)
… . (Recording references included). “‘Mazel Tov Freilach (Dance of Happiness and Good Luck’... If the bride is an … the definite form of this dance. It occurs frequently in Jewish dances, but as a phenomenon of an improvisational … part of the melody is from Meir Noy, as he heard it at Jewish weddings in Kolomeyke ( nign ‘mazl-tov’ )...” …
Mazurka (LKT)
… citation, you get the full reference. “You had Polish dance tunes like krakowiak , oberek , na wesolo , mazur and … repertoire consisted of local dance tunes of non-Jewish origin played by klezmorim for non-Jews, and also, at … in the modern era. The dance-song was preserved by the Jewish masses a long time after the social dances have …
Pleskun (LKT)
… modified ones and even freely transformed versions. The Jewish dance pleskun takes its name from the Ukrainian pleskach , but the music of these dances is different. ‘In the klezmer repertoire,’ Beregovski …
Polka
… citation, you get the full reference. “You had Polish dance tunes like krakowiak , oberek , na wesolo , mazur and … svadebnye obichai ( Perezhitoe 3), the author lists the dances done by girls with the bride at the preliminaries … in the modern era. The dance-song was preserved by the Jewish masses a long time after the social dances had …
Polonaise
… citation, you get the full reference. “You had Polish dance tunes like krakowiak , oberek , na wesolo , mazur and … the the name of this dance (‘kosher dance’) is originally Jewish, in all instances its music was typically foreign and … in the modern era. The dance-song was preserved by the Jewish masses a long time after the social dances had …
Shemonah-esreh tants (LKT)
… citation, you get the full reference. “‘ Shemonah-esreh ’ Dance”.“Tzvi Fridhaber, scholar of Jewish dance, Haifa, writes to us:... I was approached by Ms. Chava …
Sher
… you get the full reference. “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 …
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 … ( example 5 ). It is possible that Beregovsky heard this dance tune played by a klezmer instrumental ensemble. The …
Shrayer
… at the end of each citation, you get the full reference. “Jewish klezmorim often played at non-Jewish weddings, festivities, entertainments, and so on. … is interesting to establish whether non-Jews adopted Jewish dances. We know of cases in which Ukrainian peasants took up …