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With Songs They Respond: The Diwan of the Jews from Central Yemen
… which have always been of interest to scholars of Jewish music, just as their unique cultural history has attracted the attention of Jewish scholars from an early stage. Interest in this … of performance and recording, and, secondly, in accordance with the diverse principles and combinations …
Zemirot
… and leaned heavily on Liturgical modes and formulae. 2. Non-Jewish folk tunes served as the music for the Zemirot texts; … German, Bohemian, Hungarian and Polish secular songs and dances. 3. Jewish melodies either newly composed or already in use in …
Mitsve Tants
… The Mitsve Tants, or Kosher Tants, is a ritual dance imbued with mystical significance. It is performed … the feast. Male members of the two families are invited to dance in turn with the bride. When a Hassidic rebbe is … to eastern Europe in the 18th century at the latest. In Jewish musar literature and minhagim books of the 17th and …
Dance tune (Niggun rikud)
… terms, such as tants nign or a tenzl. Other terms for dance tunes are: hopke; dreidl; redl or redele (all probably … ; and kadatshke (used in various communities). Hassidic dance tunes have defined musical characteristics such as … of Hassidic music , p. 240; see also Moshe Beregovski, Jewish Instrumental Folk Music , 2001, no. 85, 102. [2] …
Kolomeyke (LKT)
… p. 239 . “The co-territorial repertoire consisted of local dance tunes of non-Jewish origin played by klezmorim for non-Jews, and also, at … 1994, pp. 9-10. “In general, the sections of the Hasidic dance-niggunim tend to divide themselves into two-bar …
Baqqashah (Pl. Baqqashot)
… (petition) is a religious practice maintained by several Jewish communities. It consists of gatherings that occur … which up to then had been predominant in the Sephardi Jewish liturgy and piyyut singing in the Middle East, went … organization of the musical content of this event in accordance with the principles of the Arabic maqam. As a result …
Jewish Musical Traditions
… Presents Jewish musical traditions in the form of central themes, … difficult to digest for readers who are not conversant in Jewish history, liturgy, and literature. … 1 … 38112 … … Press … … Piyyutim … 1992 … Piyyut … Hebrew cantillation … Dance … Methodology … Religion … Identity … Sacred … Amnon …
A hassidic ritual dance: the "mitsve tants" in Jerusalemite weddings
… Studies … Yuval Studies … 38013 … 164-224 … Jerusalem … Jewish Music Research Centre, Magnes Press … Yuval; Studies of the Jewish Music Research Centre … … Hassidim … 1994 … Israel … Wedding … Customs … Dance … Folklore … Hasidim … Hasidism … Marriage … Society … …
Fiddler on the Move: Exploring the Klezmer World
… fiddler, and bass player that made brides weep and guests dance at weddings throughout Jewish eastern Europe before the culture was destroyed in …
Klezmer music in America: revival and beyond
… 19th. c. In the immigrant period, mostly Eastern European dance tunes were performed by fairly large groups (12-15 … bar mitzvahs, etc.) and was associated especially with the Jewish resort milieu of the Catskills. The 1970s revival, … in the United States is included. … 101 … 101 … 1-Feb … 3 … Jewish Folklore and Ethnology Newsletter … Jewish Folklore …