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Chasidic in America
… how astute Oysher was in mingling Hassidic chant with the popular scat-singing craze of the day.” 1 The second section … . This song, with its nods through the medium of American popular music to both the Hasidic niggun and the Eastern … between the cantorial world of the synagogue and the popular music stage. Oysher’s career has to be understood …

Freylekhs (LKT)
… of Bondashevke; Example 28 is one. Such frejlaxs are very popular in that village and are sung for dancing. Bystanders … stated that the freylakhs and sher were ‘the most popular dances.’ He considers all four names to have a … Galician town of Sniatyn....The first section is a very popular Romanian tune (both Jewish and non-Jewish) common in …

Gas-nign (LKT)
… Stutschewsky 1959, p. 216 . “This ‘Gasn Nign’ is a very popular traditional tune played here by three violins, one …

Hora (LKT)
… meter bearing the same name, and from the contemporary hora popular in Orthodox and Hasidic communities. In a much wider … 1993, p. 3 . ( Recording references included). “Hora: A popular Romanian-Jewish dance in a limping, duple meter, … in the open air in the synagogue courtyard, which became popularly known by the name of a dance they loved, the Joc , …

Zhok (LKT)
… in the open air in the synagogue courtyard, which became popularly known by the name of dance they loved, the Joc , a … who however were often overruled by the people. This popular Saturday afternoon dance movement produced new folk …

Hopke (LKT)
… are based on an intonational fragment -- from a popular hopak... On the whole we should not exaggerate the …

Hopak (LKT)
… the former danced by young girls holding hands,...The popular Russian dances are, properly speaking, of Cossack …

Beroyges-tants
… gypsy doyna and (2) the melody of the ‘ Beroiges ’ danec, popularly known as the ‘ Beroiges Tants ’ (one of the Jewish … this event is no doubt the ‘techiat ha-metim’ dance, or in popular language ‘tekhies hameysim tants.’ A pair of dancers … at which an argument did not arise, this dance became popular in Eastern Europe. Consequently, its true objective …

Kosher-tants (LKT)
… when we asked them for such a dance, played Aginski’s popular polonaise ‘Les adieux à la patrie.’” Beregovski 1937 … a Polonaise tune of Auginski (1765-1833), that burst into popularity during his time and was called by the name …

Mitsve-tants (LKT)
… to it. I refer to dances like the ‘kerchief dance’ or in popular language the ‘kosher dance,’ and the ‘ shabbat … Galician town of Sniatyn....The first section is a very popular Romanian tune (both Jewish and non-Jewish) common in …