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Khosid/Khosidl (LKT)
… circle or line dance in Hasidic style, in a stately 2/4 rhythm. In some regions of Eastern Europe, synonomous with … of Dave Tarras... Though set at a freylakh speed the rhythm by the accompanying accordion and trap set seems more … Leon Schwartz calls this tune bulgar and plays it in both rhythms.” Schlesinger, Alpert and Rubin 1989 . ( Recording …
Besem-tants (LKT)
… body, feet, and hands follow the dance melody, and fixed rhythm—the rhythm and the tempo determine the dance form.” Stutschewsky …
Mitsve-tants (LKT)
… Leon Schwartz calls this tune bulgar and plays it in both rhythms.” Schlesinger, Alpert and Rubin 1989 . … shtetl joined this way in an enthusiastic dance to the rhythm of the music.” [Apt [Opatov], Poland, 1892]. Teytel …
Hopke (LKT)
… dance tune. In other cases it refers to a shrot, joyful and rhythmic dance tune in two of [sic] three sections. Vinaver … and hopping in a circle, rather than graceful pose or soft rhythmic movement. The hopke is danced by Hassidim at … contain just one musical phrase with syncopated or bouncy rhythm and that phrase would be repeated endlessly. Vinaver …
Tants nign (LKT)
… [and] the waltz words were sung which went with the rhythms.” Stutschewsky 1959, pp. 166-67, n. 55 . “Dance … contain just one musical phrase with syncopated or bouncy rhythm and that phrase would be repeated endlessly. Vinaver …
Zhok (LKT)
… piece in triple meter, usually written in 3/8, whose rhythm is distinctive because of the lack of a second … 19 . “The zhok, or Rumanian hora, is a slow piece in a 3/8 rhythm, with the second beat omitted. The pattern is: 1-3 … ‘krimme tantz’ (cripple’s dance) because of its limping rhythm. All rhythm instruments accompany the zhok with a …
Hora (LKT)
… musicians often refer to it as ‘slow hora.’ The rhythm and the dance movements are distinct both from the … hora invites public participation. With its gay, dynamic rhythm, it expresses the temperament of halutzim (pioneers) … 3/8 meter but I find it easier to read in 3/4...The backup rhythm is distinguished by playing on the first and third …
Gas-nign (LKT)
… Thus the processional melodies -- in the slow march rhythm -- were --according to [ klezmer A.] Segal’s … are not a melody, but a set-up of the new tempo and rhythm.” Phillips 1996a, pp. 62-63 . ( Musical notation … traditional tune played here by three violins, one on rhythm and two on melody. A gasn nign is literally a ‘street …
Woody Guthrie's Hanukkah Songs
… being played on the bass strings of the guitar with the rhythm played on the treble strings. Two lyrical verses are … a strong klezmer feel to them due to the instrumentation, rhythms and melodies. The country-music inspired Happy …
Freylekhs (LKT)
… in East European Jewish wedding dance repertoire, in 4/4 rhythm... Khusidl, Khosidl, or Khosid: A slow circle or line dance in Hasidic style, in a stately 2/4 rhythm. In some regions of Eastern Europe, synonomous with … to insist upon the unity of Meron repertoire in terms of rhythm. The fast melodies are dominated by eighth notes, …