… pa de span, padekater, quadrille, polka, waltz, etc... played for both Jews and non-Jews.” Feldman 1994, p. 10 .  … 1920, p. 25 .  “Klezmer bands have also been called upon to play waltzes and mazurkas (both in 3/4 meter)...” Sokolow …

Gershon Sirota was born in 1874 in Podolia, where his father officiated as the village…

… in a slow circle dancing around them, when the ‘klezmorim’ play the traditional folk song for this scene, ‘Lomir zikh … 1975, pp. 29-30 .  “One of the most beautiful dances on display during this event is no doubt the ‘techiat ha-metim’ … “The young people danced until daybreak...The klezmorim played all kinds of melodies for the dances...Blimtske the …

… from another people. Thus, a polonaise might always be played for a  košer -tanc . Many klezmorim, when we asked them for such a dance, played Aginski’s popular polonaise ‘Les adieux à la … Saturday night after Zemirot. How beautifully the town band played freilachs , and the ‘Kosher Dance!’” [Zhagare, …

… 1935 to perform his military service, teaching French and playing the violin in the military orchestra. Afterward, he … he was surprised when the Polish Kapo asked if anyone played an instrument. He shyly told of his ability at the violin. The Kapo procured a violin and demanded that he play. He played for more than twenty minutes, and everyone …

… could already be heard the strains of the khupe-march , played on a fiddle, a clarinet, a drum, and a cymbal and … from everywhere the cry ‘mazl tov’ is heard. The klezmorim play happy notes (mus. ex. 9) and accompany the guests and …

Documenting and Performing Ashkenazi Music Chair: James Loeffler Yelena Irzabekova,…

… the most musical of the choir’s children. Breuer learned to play the piano for several years, until turning thirteen. …

… as I note below, several items of south Balkan origin were played by the Jews as ‘bulgar,’ they were not called … is transcribed in that chapter under Kishiniev #2 . He then plays Kishiniev #1 in a freylakh rhythm.” Phillips 1996a, p. …