Volekh (LKT)
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…
Vals (LKT)
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Mitsve-tants (LKT)
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Israeli folksongs
* This entry is a summarized version of the full artice about Israeli folksongs by Talila Eliram. To read the full article, see below.
The genre of Israeli folksongs amalgamates within it songs that deal mostly with themes that the majority of the Jewish population of Israel (not including the…
Khosid/Khosidl (LKT)
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…
Freylekhs
Yiddish term, popularly used to refer to a joyful Niggun, and is still used as such with the Boyan Hassidim. However, some researchers see it as a 'Terminus Technicus,' a professional-scientific term that, in this case, signifies a musical genre. It seems that Freylekhs tunes …
Tants nign (LKT)
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Hora (LKT)
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Communal singing
* This entry is a summarized version of the full artice about communal singing, by Talila Eliram. To read the full article, see below.
Communal singing (or public singing,) is a tradition that began in the Halutz movements in the Diaspora, while anticipating their immigration and settling in…
Cantor
See: Hazzan.
Ve-Hi She-’Amda – Piyyut from the Passover Haggadah
This piyyut appears in ancient Haggadot and the author is unknown. It addresses how, throughout history, many enemies have arisen seeking to destroy Israel, but God rescues Israel from their clutches. The piyyut appears in the Haggadah celebrating the rescue of the slaves from Egypt – the central…
Tin Pan Alley
Nickname for the popular songwriting and sheet-music publishing industry centred in New York from the 1890s to the 1950s. By association it came to be applied to the general type of song purveyed by the industry both in America and then Europe up until the rise of the singer-songwriter in the mid-…