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Tants (Alter yidisher) (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT … of the wedding, at dawn, and was accompanied by a special song for it. The form of the dance was not further recalled. And here are the contents of the song: tants, tants, tants! ... Regarding the ‘dance dance’: …
Skotshne/Skochne
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT … accompanied by singing... The possibility that such songs (e.g., frejlaxs ) were sung in other Ukrainian … times in 2/4. Jewish Eastern Europe was not fixated on one particular style of dance. At times they would prepare it …
Hag Purim – The story behind its melody
… 3 M'nuchoh v'simchoh , arranged by Solomon Ancis for four part men's choir. New York: Transcontinental Music … Example 8 Harry Coopersmith, editor, Little Books of Jewish Songs: Purim , Chicago: Board of Jewish Education, 1928. … . Later on, “Menu h a vesim h a” was arranged for a four part men's choir by Solomon Ancis and published in New York …
Sher
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT … in Brusilov (Kiev area), which used to play for Ukrainian artisans...at their weddings and celebrations, to which they … details, for example, the wedding description in Ettinger’s song ‘Di lixt.’ Various dances are mentioned in all these …
Raynlender (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT … now the folkdance has had been accompanied by singing and song; and not only to [modern couple dances such as] the polka did people improvise and sing songs, but also to the polonaise, quadrille, waltz, …
Polonaise
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT … now the folkdance has had been accompanied by singing and song; and not only to [modern couple dances such as] the … While singing the rows would come together and then move apart. This dance is similar to one of the old Polish national …
Polka
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT … Poland, 1930s]. Alpert 1996a, pp. 16-17 . “In L. Levanda’s article ‘Starinnye evereiskie svadebnye obichai ( Perezhitoe … pre-World War II]. Cahan 1938, p. 40 (#64) . “[This song is] sung to a polka]. [Podbrodz, Vilna province, …
Pleskun (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT … Beregovski writes, ‘we find a number of Ukrainian folk songs which were reworked for solo instrument (most often …
Pas d’espagne (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT … end of each citation, you get the full reference. “This song no doubt originated with a dance under the influence of … his instructions. The singer’s note is interesting: ‘The song was sung among us to a dance, to a padespan or to …
Alicia Svigals
… and composed for violinist Itzhak Perlman, the Kronos Quartet, playwrights Tony Kushner and Eve Ensler, the late … Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, singer/songwriter Debbie Friedman, Avraham Fried, singer/songwriters Diane Birch, Gary Lucas and Najma Akhtar, and …