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Mordkhe Shekhter
… among others. In the 1980s, he was associate editor of The Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language and, from 1961 to …
Freylekhs (LKT)
… the shoulders and dance in a circle. In the case of a great number of dancers, a smaller inner circle is formed. …
Woody Guthrie's Hanukah Songs
… Woody Guthrie (1912-1967) was one of the United States' great and prolific folk singers. Many of his songs dealt …
Hora (LKT)
… “ Hora refers to a Romanian dance and musical genre of great diversity, comprising brisk tunes in 2/4 time as well …
Zhok (LKT)
… was Moldavian and Romanian music. The ‘zhok’ entered to a great extent the literature of the klezmorim , and some …
Tants nign (LKT)
… endlessly. Vinaver apparently did not hold such tunes in great esteem, and one may find disparaging hints about them …
Hopke (LKT)
… endlessly. Vinaver apparently did not hold such tunes in great esteem, and one may find disparaging hints about them …
Kosher-tants (LKT)
… The wedding guests are amused by this dance, but it is a great strain on the bride. Weakened by fasting the entire …
Mitsve-tants (LKT)
… the time for the ‘formal’ last mitzvah dance [arrived]. The greatest honored guest, or the rabbi by himself, would grip …
«A Special Kind of Antisemitism»: On Russian Nationalism and Jewish Music
… educational world strenuously denied Jews entry, Russia’s greatest musical academy welcomed them with open arms. … Jewish students. It was not an option for them to become great Russian national composers; but they could become great Jewish national composers. “Why do you imitate …