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Chasidic in America
… The song ‘Chasidic in America’ was originally sung by cantor … (who stepped down before the film was completed due to heart failure) and Ilya Motyleff (who completed the film and … did not approve of their cantors becoming popular stage artists. 2 This new ambivalent status placed the cantor as a …
Likhvod Hatanna Haelokai (In Honor of the Holy Tanna)
… boys, and processions with Torah scrolls. These are all part of the Hillula (the marking of the anniversary of a … However, the bibliographer and scholar Avraham Yaari in his article “History of the Meron Hillula,” [1] has shown that … in the same fashion. [4] The Hillula at Mount Meron and the Songs of Rabbi Shim’on Bar Yohai The Hillula in Meron begins …
A gute nakht (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT) . The LKT … ( a gute naxt ); the latter was performed at the departure of the guests after the meal, while they parted with … Katshke 1966, p. 668 . “First the klezmorim with a special song and melody ‘Have a good night [‘ Hot mir a gute nakht’ …
Zay gezunt (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT) . The LKT … you get the full reference. “We find the melody to this song [‘Zayt gezunterheyt mayne libe eltern’] in the wedding … piece). From this we can infer that the song was a parting song of the child from the parents after the wedding. …
Dobridzien (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT) . The LKT … This was an allusion to ‘honey and milk under your tongue’ (Song of Songs, 4:11)... Harkavi, in the already cited … č ( a gute naxt ); the latter was performed at the departure of the guests after the meal, while they parted with …
Badekns (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT) . The LKT … references included). “The [ beroyges ] dance ended, the song was stopped. The groom approached and covered the face … Badekns . veiling of a bride.” Harkavi 1928, p. 102 . “A particularly serious moment was the ‘ badekns.’ The badkhn …
Baleygns (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT) . The LKT … groom were led into their room to baleygns with music and song and they locked the door after them.” …
Bazetsens (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT ). The LKT … , for the beadle had told them that I was skilled in that art...I went over to the bride and in the tune of a true … by the badchon who, in grotesque rhymes and a peculiar singsong, exhorts the bride, reminding her of the solemnity of …
Kale bazetsen (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT) . The LKT … bride). Performed mainly for female members of the wedding party, the poignancy of the kale-bazetsn was intended to … sung to a variety of tunes, as a zemerl (religious folk song).” Schlesinger, Alpert, Rubin 1989 . ( …
Tsu der khupe (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT … ‘livchot et ha-kalah’ [ kale baveynen ]. Processional song in the entrance of the bride with the in-laws, processional song for the leading of the groom to the wedding canopy, …