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Karahod (LKT)
… included). “Other dances performed at weddings in East European communities were:... Redl, Frailachs, Karahod, … 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 …
Forshpil (LKT)
… evening or sometimes two Sabbaths, before the wedding, a feast was given in honor of the parents; this feast was commonly called ‘spinnholz’ (‘sponsalia’ or … article in the trousseau of every German bride in the Middle Ages... The Sabbath preceding the wedding, called …
Kozatshok (LKT)
… Jewish pieces.” Goldin 1989, p. 19 . “After the wedding-feast they began to dance. The dances were varied according to generation... Middle-aged Jews would dance ‘balgareske,’ ‘kozatshok,’ and …
La Gallarda matadora
… into the coalesced art form known as flamenco around the middle of the 19 th century. This process took place during … is found in two repertoires of Sephardic romances: in the Eastern-Mediterranean Sephardic communities such as in … escape, but rather eats and sleeps with La Gallarda. In the middle of the night he notices that she is moving in bed, …
Quadrille (LKT)
… and danced an old-fashioned quadrille with him in the middle, just as at a wedding in a little Jewish town.” … the waltz words were sung which went with the rhythms... Eastern European Jews were accustomed to invite each guest …
Sher
… ago and that it was ‘Jewishized’ to a great extent (at least musically). A broader, more definitive statement can be … the ‘sher’ dance was even in use among Jews during the Middle Ages and moved with them over time to Eastern Europe. … and the main dance for the young people was ‘vals’... Middle-aged Jews would dance ‘balgareske,’ ‘kozatshok,’ and …
Ehad mi Yodea - Its sources, variations, and parodies
… is of Jewish origin, did it originated in Ashkenaz or in an Eastern Jewish tradition. Much of the relevant literature … Theodore Bikel who sings it in the folk-song medium, a Middle-Eastern inspired version by Frank London , and a … Philip and Otto Holzapfel. The Folk Songs of Ashkenaz . Middleton, WI: A-R Editions, 2001. Fox, Chaim Leib. “Ehad mi …
The Jerusalem-Sephardic Tradition
… become the central style among a significant portion of the Eastern communities in Israel and in the Diaspora, is a … especially during the High Holidays, and the newer layer of Middle-Eastern Arabic musical style, which was crystallized … cultural, and historical processes which occurred over the Middle-East in general and in Jerusalem in particular. The …
Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… and commercial recordings throughout the European, Middle Eastern and American Jewish diasporas, was a crucial … utmost case shows how widespread our song was through the Middle East. [44] Even in the present, the singing of …
Qad Zawajunī - Here I Was Wed
… varies according to community. [3] For example in the south-eastern city of Rada'a, which once housed a considerable … ceremony is practiced by Jewish communities throughout the Middle East and North Africa and, as in the case of the Yemenite …