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Tsigayner-tants (LKT)
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…
Vantsef (LKT)
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…
Responsorial Singing
“Call and response,” “responsive,” or “responsorial” is a singing performance style in…
'Ǝsebāhaka bakʷwelu gize, Zegevre ‘aviya wamenkǝra, Wǝ'ǝtus kǝma mǝr`āwi, 'Amlākǝ `ālem
… Jerusalem: peace for the city of the Forefathers, for the Temple, and for Zion the Holy. The four pieces sung together …
Doyne (LKT)
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…
Honga (LKT)
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Betlers-tants (LKT)
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…
Idelsohn's Obituary of Abraham Goldfaden
The passing of the founder of the Yiddish theater spawned a touching emotional response…
Semene (LKT)
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…
The Fall of Jerusalem in Song: The Ashkenazi Melody She’eh ne’esar
… fortifications leading to the destruction of the Second Temple. Eventually this date was associated with other … Ninth of Av, the fast day marking the fall of the Jerusalem Temple which occurs twenty-one days after the Seventeenth of … of Jerusalem which preceded the destruction of the First Temple of Jerusalem (fol. 6a), and for the customary …