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Had Gadya
… the end of the Haggadah, it is a cumulative song, with each verse adding another motif to the story. It begins with a … (of the singer-subject of the song), which in the next verse is eaten by the cat, which is bitten by the dog, and …
Had Gadya in Israeli Culture
… the Passover Haggadah. It is a cumulative song, with each verse adding another motif to the story. It begins with a … (of the singer-subject of the song), which in the next verse is eaten by the cat, which is bitten by the dog, and … of dissemination and meaning(s). Summarizing these very diverse opinions, that are repeated in countless printed and …
Likhvod Hatanna Haelokai (In Honor of the Holy Tanna)
… “atbash” (alternating the Hebrew alphabet in direct and reverse orders; certain changes to this structure appear at the three first and the last two verses). The crowd answers after each verse with the refrain “In honor of the Holy Tanna,” or …
Badekns (LKT)
… this meant: People should now petition the master of the universe, and the fiddle began ‘to speak words.’” [Apt …
Bazetsens (LKT)
… married life, and features improvised but formulaic rhymed verses sung by the badkhn or marshalik [wedding poet/master … with sustained triads by the klezmorim , who played between verses solo obbligato passages on violin, clarinet or … 1913, I, pp. 178-81 . “The [ badkhn’s ] song was in verses of good German and sung with musical accompaniment... …
Kale bazetsen (LKT)
… (wedding poet/jester), who improvised formulaic rhymed verses emphasizing the poignance of the young couple’s …
Woody Guthrie's Hanukah Songs
… inspiration and template for Guthrie's songs. This five verse poem (one of the few holiday songs in the book … in this case the story of Hannah and her seven sons – with verses on family rituals, eating Hanukah food, and a general … Asch, head of Folkways Records, in 1949. One is a twenty-verse song called The Many and the Few , which begins with …
Beroyges-tants
… ‘shemele.’ And we learn another thing from these two short verses, that it was a dance of the mothers-in-law and that … and musicologist Moshe Beregovski, who brings these two verses from Zunser’s song, learns from it that this was … Grod 1947, pp. 165-68 . ( Musical notation included). “Conversely, no individual dances are accompanied by anything …
Mekhutenim-tants
… ‘shemele.’ And we learn another thing from these two short verses, that it was a dance of the mothers-in-law and that … and musicologist Moshe Beregovski, who brings these two verses from Zunser’s song, learns from it that this was …
Shemele (LKT)
… ‘shemele.’ And we learn another thing from these two short verses, that it was a dance of the mothers-in-law and that … and musicologist Moshe Beregovski, who brings these two verses from Zunser’s song, learns from it that this was …