(418 results found)
Hag Purim – The story behind its melody
… ( example 5 ). It is possible that Beregovsky heard this dance tune played by a klezmer instrumental ensemble. The …
Sheyne-minke (LKT)
… quibbled with the girls, [and] there a konter-tants was danced for [the women’s] approval, one which only the Modnitzers knew, this [dance] was already part of the high hand-dances, next [came]: a semele, a tsigayner-tants , a …
Sher
… you get the full reference. “Sher: One of the most common dance forms in the Jewish repertoire, similar to a square dance or a Russian quadrille.” Alpert 1996b, p. 59 . … they invited Jewish musicians. The Ukrainian youth there danced the šer as well.” Beregovski 1935 [= …
Shemonah-esreh tants (LKT)
… citation, you get the full reference. “‘ Shemonah-esreh ’ Dance”.“Tzvi Fridhaber, scholar of Jewish dance, Haifa, writes to us:... I was approached by Ms. Chava Verbah and she told me of two wedding dances that she recalled from her childhood in the area of …
Sarvers-tants (LKT)
… of each citation, you get the full reference. “Waiters’ Dance.” Stutschewsky 1959, p.176 . (Musical notation …
Retande (LKT)
… citation, you get the full reference. “‘ A retande.’ bris dance.” [Orgajev, Bessarabia, c. 1930s-40s]. Bik 1964 . …
Regn (LKT)
… the crowd accompanied them. At the same time, the old women danced a Reigen dance in front of the couple...” [Brest-Litovsk, Poland, …
Raynlender (LKT)
… that among our large masses, for a long time 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 …
Polonaise
… citation, you get the full reference. “You had Polish dance tunes like krakowiak , oberek , na wesolo , mazur and … Alpert 1996a, pp. 16-17 . “It can also happen that a dance has a Yiddish name and the melody for the dance is borrowed from another people. Thus, a polonaise …
Polka-mazurka
… the full reference. “Today’s girls... go to weddings and dance polkas ; polke-mazur is their life. [Warsaw, Poland, … p. 235 (#245) . “After the wedding-feast they began to dance. The dances were varied according to generation. The young people …