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Volekh (LKT)
… and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations from … but structured melody for listening, from the Romanian-Jewish repertoire. Often performed for guests at the banquet … pp. 7-8 . “The fact that a number of [Jewish] instrumental pieces and songs are called ‘Volekhl’ or …
Kozatshok (LKT)
… and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations from … reference. “Sometimes, however, certain [Ukrainian, non-Jewish] melodies are deliberately adopted as extraethnic. In … kazachok , as we can see from the use of the name for many instrumental pieces. The popularity of the kozachok is also …
La Gallarda matadora
… Our Song of the Month is dedicated to Sephardic music and flamenco, two traditions that crystallized in the … art form from the southern region of Spain that includes instrumental music, singing and dance. Theories as to how … who brought the seeds of flamenco to Spain. Moreover, the Jewish expulsion from the Iberian Peninsula occurred …
Tsushpil
… and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations from … doina and hora portions of this three-part medley from Rom, Jewish and Ukrainian musicians in and around Karaptshiv. The … the common Yiddish sense (Weinreich, 347) it refers to the instrumental or vocal accompaniment of a niggun . Found only …
Sher
… and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations from … “Sher: One of the most common dance forms in the Jewish repertoire, similar to a square dance or a Russian … Scharer has nothing in common with the music of the Jewish instrumental pieces known under the name sher. The sher is …
Hag Purim – The story behind its melody
… Ancis for four part men's choir. New York: Transcontinental Music Corporation, 1945. Example 5 Moisei Beregovski, … 82-83. Example 8 Harry Coopersmith, editor, Little Books of Jewish Songs: Purim , Chicago: Board of Jewish Education, … that Beregovsky heard this dance tune played by a klezmer instrumental ensemble. The melody was incorrectly attributed …
Sirba
… and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations from … motion in the melody performed against a brisk 2/4 rhythm, Jewish sirbas -- especially outside Romania -- do not … 2/4 measures...” Feldman 1994, p. 12 . “The most instrumental of all music is the bulgar. It does not relate …
Tish-nign (LKT)
… and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations from … refers to the term in question. It also indicates whether musical notation or sound recordings are included in the … 1996a, p. 16. “These klezmorim know many pieces: dance, instrumental works played at the table, street tunes …
Ehad mi Yodea - Its sources, variations, and parodies
… focusing on changes introduced to the text and the music within different historical contexts and local Jewish traditions. “E h ad mi yodea” is a cumulative song. … sing up to the number five and towards the end there is an instrumental break where they play melody without text. H …
A Gneyve - A Yiddish Song of Theft and Poverty
… created a number of songs about poverty and how the Jewish community “dealt with economic problems on the … of Yiddish songs Margaritkelech . Here one can hear an instrumental rendition of the melody, arranged by Yohanan … begins with the introductory “khapt im, nempt im” line. The music to this opening section is more dense than in the rest …