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Kale bazetsen (LKT)
… a highly expressive vocal or instrumental, to accompany the traditional wedding ritual known as bazetsn di kale (seating … “The kale bazetsn was an important ritual at the traditional East European Jewish wedding. It was usually …
Freylekhs (LKT)
… he went into a freylekhs , a fast dance in 2/4 time which traditionally follows the doina , the guests would start …
Woody Guthrie's Hanukkah Songs
… … Folk songs … Contemporary … Adaptation … Jewish musical tradition … New Adaptations … Chanukkah … Hanukkah … Woody …
A Few Notes and Observations on the Theory and Performance of Klezmer Music
… Klezmer music … klezmer music performance … Jewish musical tradition … Pete Sokolow … Henry Saposnik … A Few Notes and …
Gas-nign (LKT)
… repertoire is the triple meter. It is not known how this tradition of playing the gas-nign in triple meter began. It … -- ‘gas-nign’ (street song). These songs accompanied the traditional procession to the house of the bride-to-be. … 1959, p. 216 . “This ‘Gasn Nign’ is a very popular traditional tune played here by three violins, one on rhythm …
Hora (LKT)
… of modern Israel...The horas in this book derive from a traditional dance from the Moldavia area of Romania and …
Bessie Schonberg
… Observing these masters, Schönberg began to rethink the traditional role of a teacher. She believed that students …
Beroyges-tants
… circle dancing around them, when the ‘klezmorim’ play the traditional folk song for this scene, ‘Lomir zikh iberbetn’ … klezmorim begin with their melodies and first of all the traditional dances: ‘the beroyges dance’ ( beroyges tants) …
«A Special Kind of Antisemitism»: On Russian Nationalism and Jewish Music
… nor did they belong by birthright to the Russian national tradition. To understand this comment, it helps to read it … Russian music—as a national minority developing their own tradition in the Russian imperial context. By excluding Jews … Russian-Jewish composers a place outside the national tradition of Russian music. Where precisely did they fit …
Shemene (LKT)
… klezmorim begin with their melodies and first of all the traditional dances: ‘the beroygez dance’ ( beroyges tants ) …