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Karahod (LKT)
… (dance), circle.” Weinreich 1977, p. 429 . “After the grace-after-meals the bridegrooms used to take the bride and …
«A Special Kind of Antisemitism»: On Russian Nationalism and Jewish Music
… It should come as little surprise, then, to detect the traces of empire in the aesthetics of Jewish composers. The … the sole way to be a successful Russian composer was to embrace his own Jewish ethnic heritage. But this casual … believed that the Jews were an intrinsically gifted musical race. In the words of violinist Mischa Elman’s father, …
Mitsve-tants (LKT)
… guests made one of the ‘sheve brokhes,’ they recited the grace-after-meals, and they proceeded to the kosher-tants’ … Heler 1939, p. 634 . “The wedding meal ends with the usual grace after meals... [which] is followed by dances, of which …
Kosher-tants (LKT)
… calls aloud the name of each woman present, who then embraces the bride and completes a circle with her. The wedding … Poland, 1848]. Wengeroff 1913, I, p. 191 . “After the grace-after-meals the bridegrooms used to take the bride and …
Beroyges-tants
… up, make up,’ the two pairs of hands lock together, one embraces the other, and they kiss each other. The guests do not … in a faster and livelier tempo after they forgive and embrace. The beroigez tanz is popular today among folk …
Hopke (LKT)
… leaps and bounds, and hopping in a circle, rather than graceful pose or soft rhythmic movement. The hopke is danced …
Freylekhs (LKT)
… center of the circle; these may be particularly light and graceful, or they may do grotesque figures. The frejlaxs had … in effect the name niggun-Meron in this sense and we embraced this view...If we accept Michael Zilber’s version, … as the ‘sherele’ ) tends to a more quiet rhythm and a graceful expressiveness. The klezmorim knew well how to …
Judeo-Spanish Songs for the Life Cycle in the Eastern Mediterranean
… El Almendro. Romero, Elena, Iacob M. Hassán and Leonor Carracedo | רומרו, אלנה, יעקב מ’ חסאן וליאונור קאראסדו 1992 …
Shir hama’alot - The umbilical cord between liturgical and domestic soundspheres in Ashkenazi culture
… [The song of ascension, Psalm 126] sung just before the Grace after meals. This practice was grounded on the mobility … The custom of singing Shir hama’alot before the mealtime Grace is mentioned in medieval literature. The everyday … hama'alot or Al naharot Bavel as an introduction to the Grace after meals, the sages were able to differentiate the …
István Anhalt
… of his works were influenced by Jewish themes, such as Traces which is influenced by the Kabbalah, and Tents of …