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Flash-tants/fleshltants (LKT)

… two forms of dance... the dance itself is performed to the melody of the tune ‘the beroyges dance’, which is the traditional melody for the entire section of dances. The second style of …

Forshpil (LKT)

… liturgical poems with a special tune called ‘Spinholz melody.’ After the evening meal, the beadle strode through …

Kaboles-Ponem (LKT)

… door to greet the groom, playing there a special groom’s melody [ khasn-motiv ].” [Kremenits, Poland, pre-World War …

Kozatske (LKT)

… she is poor and cannot pay for it. The first part of the melody is of Jewish origin, the latter part is Russian and …

Kozak (LKT)

… 1966, p. 667 . “‘...Let’s dance the kozak ;’... The melody is that of a ‘Polish mazurka.'” [Galicia, 1920s-30s]. …

Patsh Tants (LKT)

… dance’ ( shtiler- tants ), which they danced without melody...[but] the ‘silent dance’ is nothing more than the …

… example is the song Nací en Álamo . This song's beautiful melody comes from the Greek song Nas Balamo that was set to … a caesura into two hemistiches of eight syllables each. The melody of the romances, consisting usually of four phrases …

Krakoviak (LKT)

… near Poltava]. Cahan 1957, p. 490 (#226-28) . “Besides the melody I have found no Polish parallels to all of the … p. 490 (#227) . “ ‘Oykh a krakovianke.’ Also with the melody of a krakoviak ” [Pinsk]. Cahan 1957, p. 490 (#229) … . “ ‘Oyfn broder shtegn’ ... The manner of dance of this melody (Polish krakoviak ) follows...” [Galicia, 1920s-30s]. …

Quadrille (LKT)

… quadrille.’... This song was sung to various dances with a melody from a Polish operetta.” [Warsaw, Poland, pre-World … c. World War I].] Raboy 1920, p. 25 . “Jewish folk dance melody ‘ sher kadril ’. This melody was recorded in 1959 in Bucharest... [and was …