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Kale bazetsen (LKT)

… European Jewish wedding. It was usually performed by the musicians and the badkhn (wedding poet/jester), who …

… the way, followed by the Maharil and the notables. The musicians, playing their instruments, and a large group of … is escorted into the courtyard, the crowd and the musicians go to the home of the bride to escort her and her …

Opfirn di mekhutonim (LKT)

… refers to the function opfirn di mekhutonim , in which musicians lead a procession of a wedding couple’s families …

Freylekhs (LKT)

… with freylekhs.” Alpert 1996b, pp. 58-59 . “Jewish musicians used to play frequently at non-Jewish weddings and … Bystanders who are not dancing clap their hands. The musicians also play frejlaxs at weddings, sometimes … there were far fewer professionally trained Ukrainian folk musicians than Jewish ones.” Beregovski 1937 [= …

Woody Guthrie's Hanukkah Songs

… on American music is incalculable, as new generations of musicians continue to adapt and be inspired by his work. …

Hora (LKT)

… cf. Bulg. krivo horo ] and other terms. American-Jewish musicians often refer to it as ‘slow hora.’ The rhythm and …

Beroyges-tants

… grows more cheerful, and sings to the accompaniment of the musicians: ‘Let’s make up, the world is like a dream/Let’s … toward the other: the crowd sings, ‘Make up, make up,’ the musicians let loose, ‘Make up, make up,’ the two pairs of … stands on a chair to serenade the bride, accompanied by the musicians.” [Zambrov, Poland, 1908]. Levinsky 1963 . …

Kosher-tants (LKT)

… festivities in the town...there were the sweet notes of the musicians who were preparing themselves for Friday afternoon …

Mitsve-tants (LKT)

… Fridkin 1925, pp. 44-7 . “[After the meal,] the musicians played many different types of merry melodies and …

«A Special Kind of Antisemitism»: On Russian Nationalism and Jewish Music

… of Russians and Jews with the dramatic spectacle of Jewish musicians at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. The history of … common pattern of empty mechanical skill and art-less musicianship echoed the same ideas of Richard Wagner and … disturbed by these comments. They suggested that Jewish musicians were collectively defined by an immutable national …