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Freylekhs (LKT)
… A lively circle or line dance, the most common in East European Jewish wedding dance repertoire, in 4/4 … there husid or khosid )...” Feldman 1994, p. 32 . “In the middle of the street had to be the khupe , thereafter he … meal the bride and groom were seated on stools in the middle of the room (in other places they were seated both on …
Hora (LKT)
… The triple-meter hora, the primary form of the genre among East European Jews, is common in northeastern Romania and among Bukovina Ukrainians. Among … piece Khosidl or A Mitsve Tentsl but does not include the middle section. He recalls hearing it played in the 1910s by …
Beroyges-tants
… and wife would dance it...Since this dance is from the middle century and, therefore, mixed dancing was banned, … [are] two Jewish weddings dances that were widespread in Eastern European Jewish communities, and [formed] part of … known to all, instantly they would form a circle and in the middle the two women... Little by little they approached …
Kosher-tants (LKT)
… where the other writes that at the end of a wedding-feast, when the time for the couple to be alone comes, people … the bridegrooms used to take the bride and place her in the middle of the room. A handkerchief was wrapped around her … men and women circled separately in a round... Right in the middle of the dance... the bridegrooms snatched the couple …
Mitsve-tants (LKT)
… of the Mitzvah dance, the bride was usually seated in the middle of a circle of chosen guests while the badhan … . “Mitzvah Dance ( Mitsve tentsl ). After the guests had feasted to their hearts’ content in the wedding halls, and … the bride and groom are seated on stools in the middle of the hall (in other places they are seated on the …
«A Special Kind of Antisemitism»: On Russian Nationalism and Jewish Music
… composer Aleksandr Spendiarov: “You by birth are an Eastern person, for you the East, as they say, is in your blood, and precisely in this … Baker and R. S. Nelson, eds. Leo Zeitlin: Chamber Music (Middleton: A-R Editions, 2009), xvi-xviii. [33] Loeffler, …
Khosid/Khosidl (LKT)
… Hasidic style, in a stately 2/4 rhythm. In some regions of Eastern Europe, synonomous with freylekhs.” Alpert 1996b, p. … piece Khosidl or A Mitsve Tentsl but does not include the middle section. He recalls hearing it played in the 1910s by klezmorim from the East Galician town of Sniatyn... The first section is a very …
Bulgar (LKT)
… get the full reference. “ Bulgar or bulgarish is a common East European Jewish music and dance form, usually in 2/4 … to dance. The dances were varied according to generation... Middle-aged Jews would dance [sic] ‘balgareske,’ … piece Khosidl or A Mitsve Tentsl but does not include the middle section. He recalls hearing it played in the 1910s by …
Doyne (LKT)
… achieved currency among klezmorim throughout a wide area of Eastern Europe. Primarily intended for listening rather than … influence heard in the melody is probably Ukrainian. In the middle part of the melody one also hears the intonations of … is a folk form indigenous to Roumania, and is related to Middle Eastern musical styles. Hence, there is nothing …
Pastukhel (LKT)
… a strange land with strange weddings... [where] a wedding-feast [happens] without a ‘volekhl,’ or a ‘pastukhel’ ...” … influence heard in the melody is probably Ukrainian. In the middle part of the meoldy one also hears the intonations of …