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Atah Ehad
… a zemer for the Sabbath, a Hassidic niggun and a Yiddish folksong. In addition, some Ashkenazi tunes were … as Zionist songs, becoming Israeli folk songs and folk dances in both secular and religious contexts. The song of … Basis — The Discovery of the Orient and the Uniformity of Jewish Musical Traditions in the Teaching of Abraham Zvi …
Judeo-Spanish Songs for the Life Cycle in the Eastern Mediterranean
… The album includes folksongs in Ladino that Sephardic Jews used to sing in … בן-נאה, ירון 2008 Jews in the realm of the Sultans: Ottoman Jewish society in the seventeenth century . Tübingen: Mohr … für musikalische Volks-und Volkerkunde 14: 97-122. 1993a “A dance song in the Sephardic repertoire,” J ahrbuch für …
Bazetsens (LKT)
… to play a freykekhs , the women burst with joy and hop and dance....then the khasn is taken and they proceed to the … most important rituals of a traditional Eastern European Jewish wedding before the Second World War....The non-metric … scene. It is peformed by the State Ensemble of Jewish Folk Music of the Ukrainian S.S.R. recorded in the early to …
Kale bazetsen (LKT)
… tunes sung by the badkhn as he invites various guests up to dance the mitsve tants , the religious obligation to dance … was an important ritual at the traditional East European Jewish wedding. It was usually performed by the musicians … commonly sung to a variety of tunes, as a zemerl (religious folk song).” Schlesinger, Alpert, Rubin 1989 . ( …
Tsu der khupe (LKT)
… the full reference. “These klezmorim know many pieces: dance, instrumental works played at the table, street tunes … playing their instruments, and a large group of townsfolk, carrying lighted torches, follow. After the bridegroom … wedding scene. It is peformed by the State Ensemble of Jewish Folk Music of the Ukrainian S.S.R. recorded in the …
Freylekhs (LKT)
… of each citation. “These two khusidlekh [Hasidic-style dance tunes, singular khusid ] were cornerstones of Leon’s old-time, Jewish dance repertoire. He often referred to them as a … This could not have been adopted from the Ukrainian folk music, since there were far fewer professionally …
Woody Guthrie's Hanukah Songs
… was one of the United States' great and prolific folk singers. Many of his songs dealt with the plight of the … Within his vast oeuvre there are a handful of songs with Jewish themes, and a few of them are specifically related to … Guthrie met Marjorie in 1942 when she was performing a dance based on one of his songs. Their first daughter Cathy …
Hora (LKT)
… you get the full reference. “ Hora refers to a Romanian dance and musical genre of great diversity, comprising brisk … dance, cf. Bulg. krivo horo ] and other terms. American-Jewish musicians often refer to it as ‘slow hora.’ The … This popular Saturday afternoon dance movement produced new folk songs and dances.” EncyJud 1971, p. 1267 . “The …
Zhok (LKT)
… Europe, especially in Hungary, Moravia, and Rumania, Jewish youths would assemble on Saturday afternoons for … courtyard, which became popularly known by the name of dance they loved, the Joc , a type of hora common among … This popular Saturday afternoon dance movement produced new folk songs and dances.” EncyJud 1971, p. 1267 . “The …
Tants nign (LKT)
… Yiddish terms tants nign or a tenzl . Other terms for dance tunes are hopke , dreidl , or redele (all used by … references included). “The dance-song is a collective folk-expression which derived from the need to sing for the … in the modern era. The dance-song was preserved by the Jewish masses a long time after the social dances had …