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Woody Guthrie's Hanukkah Songs
… on American music is incalculable, as new generations of musicians continue to adapt and be inspired by his work. … versions recorded and performed by world-renowned klezmer band The Klezmatics. The project came to fruition … songs that Guthrie recorded, as well as instrumental klezmer pieces that the band composed. Their versions of the …
Hora (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT) . The LKT compiles a wide array … on the historical and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations … cf. Bulg. krivo horo ] and other terms. American-Jewish musicians often refer to it as ‘slow hora.’ The rhythm and …
Beroyges-tants
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT) . The LKT compiles a wide array … on the historical and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations … grows more cheerful, and sings to the accompaniment of the musicians: ‘Let’s make up, the world is like a dream/Let’s …
Kosher-tants (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT) . The LKT compiles a wide array … on the historical and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations … festivities in the town...there were the sweet notes of the musicians who were preparing themselves for Friday afternoon …
Mitsve-tants (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT compiles a wide array of … on the historical and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations … Fridkin 1925, pp. 44-7 . “[After the meal,] the musicians played many different types of merry melodies and …
Khosid/Khosidl (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT) . The LKT compiles a wide array … on the historical and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations … ( Musical notation included). “Recent research with Gypsy musicians from Transylvania (Romania) has shown that these …
Bulgar (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT) . The LKT compiles a wide array … on the historical and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations … with north Bulgaria on the part of Bessarabian Gypsy musicians. A favorite among Jews and non-Jews throughout …
Doyne (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT) . The LKT compiles a wide array … on the historical and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations … p. 58 . ( Recording references included). “Jewish weddings musicians played the doina as a table song.” …
Taksim (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT compiles a wide array of … on the historical and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations … modal patterns, seems to have been developed by Jewish musicians from the instrumental preludes to the non-Jewish …
Volekh (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT compiles a wide array of … on the historical and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations … such that works bearing this title were composed by Jewish musicians themselves and often lost their original …