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Woody Guthrie's Hanukah Songs
… Over the generations Hanukah has generated a substantial repertoire of songs, some of which have attained an almost universal … from 1945 until 1953. In 1942 the couple moved to Coney Island, across the street from Marjorie's mother, Aliza …
Hora (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT) . The LKT … Jews, the triple-meter hora is also called londre or landre , zhok , krumer tants [crooked dance, cf. Bulg. krivo … popular Saturday afternoon dance movement produced new folk songs and dances.” EncyJud 1971, p. 1267 . “The …
Beroyges-tants
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT) . The LKT … the community began to head towards the khupe.” [Zambrow, Poland, c. 1906]. [Note: The full text of this source is a … dances such as] the polka did people improvise and sing songs, but also to the polonaise, quadrille, waltz, …
Mitsve-tants (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT compiles … clapping, and taking each other by the hand.” [Warsaw, Poland, 1930s]. Alpert 1996, p. 18 . (Recording references … droshe-geshank-oyfshpiln and other entertainment songs...” Fater 1985, pp. 60-61 . “Mitzvah Dance ( Mitsve …
Doyne (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT) . The LKT … is one of the richests and most beautiful of Yiddish folk songs. A certain non-Jewish influence heard in the melody is … “In his early years performing [this doyne ] for Brooklyn landsmanshaftn , it was not uncommon to improvise a doina , …
Volekh (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT compiles … . (Musical notation included). “Some southern hassidic songs show the influence of the Romanians; these songs are … the other ‘moralishe’ nigunim ... [America is] a strange land with strange weddings. Everything is hit up and rattled …
Sol Zim
… Sol Zim is the descendant of five generations of cantors. Zim's father, … served as cantor of the Hochschule Synagogue in Łomazy, Poland, and Congregation Shaarey Tphiloh in Portland, Maine. … See also Sol Zim at Wikpedia. See a selection of Sol Zim songs in Youtube . Sim Shalom / Sol Zim: … American …
La Gallarda matadora
… Our Song of the Month is dedicated to Sephardic music and flamenco, two … their diasporic communities Sephardim sang a repertoire of songs in Ladino, belonging to different genres such as … caballero bien la guía Poso colchones de lana, sabanas de Holanda fina Y en mitad de los colchones, un puñal de oro …
Sher
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT compiles … references, the šer is also mentioned very rarely in folk songs. These folk songs are all from the Ukraine (cf. Cahan … the šer was widespread in Belorussia, Lithuania, and Poland. Even if we do not find this dance in other regions and …
Ehad mi Yodea - Its sources, variations, and parodies
… collection Example 6 Notation and 1st and 7th verses to the wedding song based on "E h ad mi yodea" found in I.L. … similar serial patterns of question and answer counting songs in other traditions, such as Muslim, Latin, German, … Ginsburg, Shaul and Pesach Marek. Yidishe folkslider in Rusland. Ramat Gan: Bar-Ilan University Press 1991. Kotylansky, …