This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT compiles a wide array of source materials that shed light on the historical and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations from primary and secondary sources that include or refer to the term in question. It also indicates whether musical notation or sound recordings are included in the source. By clicking on the bibliographic hyperlink at the end of each citation, you get the full reference.
Beregovski 1937 [= Beregovski/Slobin 1982, p. 546].
“Beygele.” Beregovski/Goldin 1987, # 203-04. (Musical notation included).
“‘Proletarier-beygele.’” [Vilna, Lithuania, 1920s]. Bernstein 1927, p. 94. (Musical notation included).
“Sung to a beygele-tants.” Cahan 1957, p. 305 (#68). (Musical notation included).
“Straight, straight, what does she desire, a beygele, or a krokodil (kadrile)?... which is played at a wedding.” [Vilna, Lithuania, c. 1870s]. Kattsenellbogen 1879, p. 47.
“All the girlfriends and acquaintances came and we were happy and danced a lot... Soon thereafter the tempo grew faster and they danced... the happy Begele Tanzel, a type of circle dance.” [Brest Litovsk, Poland, 1848]. Wengeroff 1913, I, p. 182.