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Doyne (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT) . The LKT … is one of the richests and most beautiful of Yiddish folk songs. A certain non-Jewish influence heard in the melody is … “In his early years performing [this doyne ] for Brooklyn landsmanshaftn , it was not uncommon to improvise a doina , …
Mitsve-tants (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT compiles … clapping, and taking each other by the hand.” [Warsaw, Poland, 1930s]. Alpert 1996, p. 18 . (Recording references … droshe-geshank-oyfshpiln and other entertainment songs...” Fater 1985, pp. 60-61 . “Mitzvah Dance ( Mitsve …
Beroyges-tants
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT) . The LKT … the community began to head towards the khupe.” [Zambrow, Poland, c. 1906]. [Note: The full text of this source is a … dances such as] the polka did people improvise and sing songs, but also to the polonaise, quadrille, waltz, …
Hora (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT) . The LKT … Jews, the triple-meter hora is also called londre or landre , zhok , krumer tants [crooked dance, cf. Bulg. krivo … popular Saturday afternoon dance movement produced new folk songs and dances.” EncyJud 1971, p. 1267 . “The …
Woody Guthrie's Hanukkah Songs
… 716 … Over the generations Hanukkah has generated a substantial repertoire of songs, some of which have attained an almost universal … from 1945 until 1953. In 1942 the couple moved to Coney Island, across the street from Marjorie's mother, Aliza …
Freylekhs (LKT)
… This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT) . The LKT … other by the shoulders, or by kerchiefs...” [Russia and Poland, 1930s]. Alpert 1996a, p. 18 . “Freylekhs: A lively … accompanied by singing... The possibility that such songs (e.g., frejlaxs ) were sung in other Ukrainian …
Likhvod Hatanna Haelokai (In Honor of the Holy Tanna)
… History of the Hillula of Rabbi Shim’on Bar Yohai in Mount Meron The … found that the “Musta'aravim” (Jewish residents of the Land of Israel, who, for generations, had lived with Arabs … in the same fashion. [4] The Hillula at Mount Meron and the Songs of Rabbi Shim’on Bar Yohai The Hillula in Meron begins …
In Zaltsikn Yam - A Yiddish Workers' Song
… 720 … In honor of May Day and the tradition of Jewish political radicalism in late … Bund, the General Union of Jewish Workers in Lithuania, Poland, and Russia (Der Algemeyner Yidisher Arbeter Bund in … the Bund’s anthem. Despite the popularity of these two songs among Bund members and the strong rhetoric of “In …
Had Gadya in Israeli Culture
… On the eve of Passover, our Song of the Month for April 2014 is … One only kid [young goat]), one of the most popular songs sung at the Passover seder in some of its contemporary … English parallels were located in the folklore of New England . A German folk-song, ‘ Der Herr der Schickt den Jokel …
Had Gadya
… Written in Aramaic, H ad Gadya appears at the very end of the Passover Haggadah. Like E h ad Mi … article by Menachem Zvi (Harry) Fox, “On the history of the songs ‘E h ad mi yode’a’ and ‘ H ad Gadya’ in Israel and … English parallels were located in the folklore of New England . A German folk-song, ‘ Der Herr der Schickt den Jokel …