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Woody Guthrie's Hanukkah Songs
… 716 … Over the generations Hanukkah has generated a substantial repertoire of songs, some of which have … of history, a sense of national and cultural pride, and the modern holiday. A hint towards Zionism can also be found in …
Hora (LKT)
… of the Jezreel Valley and Galilee. A circle dance, in a moderately fast quadruple meter, the hora invites public … With its gay, dynamic rhythm, it expresses the temperament of halutzim (pioneers) and incorporates the spirit … klezmer music bear no resemblance to the tourist-y horas of modern Israel...The horas in this book derive from a …
Tants nign (LKT)
… social dances that have no accompanying song emerged in the modern era. The dance-song was preserved by the Jewish masses a …
Beroyges-tants
… folkdance has been accompanied by singing; and not only to [modern couple dances such as] the polka did people improvise … of the sources]... The dance steps and movements were generally the result of free improvisation... In Riteva … Roskies and Roskies 1975, p. 231 . “ T’khies Ha-Meysim is a modern hasidic pantomime dance in three scenes, which begins …
«A Special Kind of Antisemitism»: On Russian Nationalism and Jewish Music
… In other words, it is about the brief triumph of liberal political values and civil society in Russia, a story … Music exposes the deeper creative tension at the root of modern Russian-Jewish culture as a whole: the conflict … it makes sense to view Gnesin as the very model of the modern Russian-Jewish composer. In truth, however, he did …
Doyne (LKT)
… within a particular musical mode [usually the minor Mi sheberakh scale], rather than unrestricted improvisation. Some … while swinging the cane in time to the msuic and accelerating the tempo. When he is on his feet in upright … replaced around the turn of the century by the more modern rumenishe doyne (Romanian doina ). The taksim , which …
Taksim (LKT)
… Tsifte-teli means ‘two strings’. In Turkish music it’s general term for Gypsy dancing.” Phillips 1996b, pp. 182-83 . … replaced around the turn of the century by the more modern rumenishe doyne (Romanian doina ). The taksim , which …
La Gallarda matadora
… 2 Petenera … Our Song of the Month is dedicated to Sephardic music … flamenco took shape are highly contested and informed by modern ideologies, but it is agreed that its creators were … cannot be supported by any tangible evidence. Yet, modern texts nurtured such a connection in the context of …
Quadrille (LKT)
… had been accompanied by singing and song; and not only to [modern couple dances such as] the polka did people improvise … social dances that have no accompanying song emerged in the modern era. The dance-song was preserved by the Jewish masses a …
Mazurka (LKT)
… has been accompanied by singing and song; and not only to [modern couple dances such as] the polka did people improvise … social dances that have no accompanying song emerged in the modern era. The dance-song was preserved by the Jewish masses a …