(219 results found)
Semele (LKT)
… Both mothers-in-law dancing a šemele . This song has great value for us. First, we can be sure that the … ‘semele’ must once have been famous folk-dance among the great masses, and perhaps a sexual and exotic one -- …
Khosid/Khosidl (LKT)
… to invite embellishment by clarinet, violin, or flute to a greater degree than allowed by the brighter Freylekh …
Doyne (LKT)
… whole body bent forward. He begins to swing the cane with great speed in front of him, and then he makes a figure … that conclude doinas. About as many were composed under greater or lesser Moldavian influence without being …
Taksim (LKT)
… when taksims (a type of free improvised form which has a great deal of scale and other passage-work which embellished …
Volekh (LKT)
… valuchu ) was because in Walachia the Jews suffered the greatest cruelties of the tyrants (1456-1462)...” Nulman …
Forshpil (LKT)
… the wedding.” Harkavi 1928, p. 403 . “On Friday evening a great reception, called ‘Spinholz’ (a corruption of the … home to his parents for a kiddush , where people made a great celebration. After this came the row from the youth … the wedding, called Spinholz by the German Jews, was a great day in Worms. On the Friday night preceding that …
Hakhnoe-tants (LKT)
… the hands they were holding and bend and stoop down with great humility...” Rekhtman 1962, p. 262 . … Hakhnoe-tants …
Kozatshok (LKT)
… (e.g., the very widespread dance tune kozačok ) and a great number of folk songs sung to the melodies of popular …
Mazltov (LKT)
… The wedding guests are amused by this dance, but it is a great strain on the bride. Weakened by fasting the entire …
Alicia Svigals
… many others. She has appeared on David Letterman, MTV, PBS' Great Performances, NPR's Prairie Home Companion, Weekend …