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Ehad mi Yodea - Its sources, variations, and parodies
… parody, H assidic, and satirical versions in Yiddish and in Russian appeared in the Eastern European communities. The … The H abad H asidim sing a version of “E h ad mi yodea” in Russian called “Ekh ti zimliak,” [ Example 2 ] meaning “Hey … version on Dicunt , their 2013 collaborative album with Russian singer Psoy Korolenko. Here , they adapt the song to …
Hag Purim – The story behind its melody
… ensemble. The melody was incorrectly attributed to the Russian Jewish composer Joel Engel in a setting of a German …

Sher
… in the Jewish repertoire, similar to a square dance or a Russian quadrille.” Alpert 1996b, p. 59 . (Musical notation … imagine this happened because Levanda wrote the article in Russian and did not try to include dances other than those … informants we do know that the šer was widespread in Belorussia, Lithuania, and Poland. Even if we do not find this …

Polka
… p. 226 (#221) . “I am glad to dance a polka.” [Minsk, Russia, pre-World War II]. Cahan 1957, p. 231, (#235) . … [[Byalitse, near Vilna, Lithuania, pre-World War II; Minsk, Russia, pre-World War II]. Cahan 1957, p. 491, (#235-36) . …

Pas d’espagne (LKT)
… Bulgar, Pas d’Espagne , Vingerka , Waltz , forms of popular Russian, Polish, and Rumanian dances.” EncyJud 1971, p. 1266 … : derived from the national dances o other countries (Russia, Poland, Roumania, etc.).” Lapson 1943, p. 461 . “I …

Mazurka (LKT)
… and mazurkas and waltzes [which were popular] in the ‘30s. [Russia and Poland, 1930s].” Alpert 1996a, pp. 16-17 . …

Mazur (LKT)
… and mazurkas and waltzes [which were popular] in the ‘30s. [Russia and Poland, 1930s].” Alpert 1996a, pp. 16-17 . …

Mazltov (LKT)
… , some of the mazltov tunes, kaleh bazetsen (in Belorussia), and opfihren di makhetonim .” Feldman 1994, p. 7 . …

Majafes (LKT)
… of 1912, he [ Joel Engel ] tells of how a non-Jew (a Russian or Moldavian) was the head of the kelzmer band in …

Levonikhe (LKT)
… name of a peasant dance; the primitive dance of the White Russian peasants was later cultivated in the White Russian Republic. Jewish girls also once used to dance a …