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Beroyges-tants
… source is a nearly identical description of the same exact wedding excerpted below as Levinsky 1963]. Ben-Yisrael 1960, … 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 …
Hopke (LKT)
… I]. Cahan 1957, p. 491 (#255) . “Other dances performed at weddings in East European communities were:... Redl, … 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 …
Tants nign (LKT)
… (Mazor-Hadju 1974). Dance tunes are performed mainly at weddings and rejoicing festivals such as Simha Torah and Lag … in the modern era. The dance-song was preserved by the Jewish masses a long time after the social dances had …
Zhok (LKT)
… Europe, especially in Hungary, Moravia, and Rumania, Jewish youths would assemble on Saturday afternoons for … “While the zhok had already been transformed into several wedding genres (such as mazltov and opfihren di makhetonim … zhok as if it were a new innovation that was not really Jewish. He left Kiev in the Ukraine in the 1920’s perhaps. …
Hora (LKT)
… 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 . ( …
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 …
Fun der khupe (LKT)
… . “The bazetsh di kale , leading from there to where the wedding took place, to the khupe in the large synagogue, and … home -- all to the sounds of a ‘freylekhs’ ... Often the wedding-parade stretched over several streets before leading … II]. Katshke 1966, p. 666 . “After the khupe according to Jewish custom, they led the joyful couple together on a full …
Tsu der khupe (LKT)
… table, street tunes (accompanying the march to the xupe [wedding canopy], leading the in-laws, etc.)...” Beregovski … the home of the bride to escort her and her retinue to the wedding...Now to the strains of music the bride is conducted … 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)
… vocal or instrumental, to accompany the traditional wedding ritual known as bazetsn di kale (seating the bride) … to the bride). Performed mainly for female members of the wedding party, the poignancy of the kale-bazetsn was … was an important ritual at the traditional East European Jewish wedding. It was usually performed by the musicians …
Bazetsens (LKT)
… formulaic rhymed verses sung by the badkhn or marshalik [wedding poet/master of ceremonies] to a contemplative … 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 …