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Semele (LKT)
… information on this dance. There he cites all the folk songs that mention the semene/semele dance. Cahan introduces some German folk songs as well as Jewish ones in which we find a similar … is difficult to ascertain. Though the replacement of ‘sh’ with ‘s’ allows for an simple explanation owing to the fact …
Mitsve-tants (LKT)
… the mitsve [ritual commandment/good deed] of dancing with or for the bride. Among Jews from the Bukovina region … a twenty, and he’d call out: ‘Now Malke’s going to dance with her husband. Don’t get in the way!’ And the two of … droshe-geshank-oyfshpiln and other entertainment songs...” Fater 1985, pp. 60-61 . “Mitzvah Dance ( Mitsve …
Beroyges-tants
… The groom approached and covered the face of the bride with a veil and the klezmorim struck up a merry march of ‘ … ‘Tsu a beroyges-tants. ’ This was sung to a beroyges-tants with a beautiful melody.” [Warsaw, Poland, pre-World War I]. … dances such as] the polka did people improvise and sing songs, but also to the polonaise, quadrille, waltz, …
Zhok (LKT)
… popular Saturday afternoon dance movement produced new folk songs and dances.” EncyJud 1971, p. 1267 . “The … we also have a lot of tunes which are not connected with dancing. Although zhok was sometimes just used as ‘street melodies’ without tunes... Zhok is also quite recent. Stutschewski is …
Hora (LKT)
… tants (‘crooked dance’), or ‘slow hora.’ Not to be confused with the brisk Israeli dance of the same name.” Alpert … popular Saturday afternoon dance movement produced new folk songs and dances.” EncyJud 1971, p. 1267 . “The … quadruple meter, the hora invites public participation. With its gay, dynamic rhythm, it expresses the temperament …
Gas-nign (LKT)
… A.] Segal’s expression -- ‘gas-nign’ (street song). These songs accompanied the traditional procession to the house of … But we also have a lot of tunes which are not connected with dancing. Although zhok was sometimes just used as ‘street melodies’ without tunes.” Phillips 1996b, p. 176 . “ Gas nign …
Woody Guthrie's Hanukkah Songs
… Hanukkah has generated a substantial repertoire of songs, some of which have attained an almost universal … contemporary literary and musical taste has engendered new songs. These new songs about Hanukkah represent the … singers on the holiday's themes and the stories associated with it. These include, to name only a few, songs by Morris …
Freylekhs (LKT)
… the mitsve [ritual commandment/good deed] of dancing with or for the bride. Among Jews from the Bukovina region … accompanied by singing... The possibility that such songs (e.g., frejlaxs ) were sung in other Ukrainian … celebration when [one was] angry... perhaps... freylekhs -songs are the product of dance improvisation...” Levinson …
Bazetsens (LKT)
… the klezmer begin to play a freykekhs , the women burst with joy and hop and dance....then the khasn is taken and … [Vilna, c. 1870s-80s]. Zizmor 1922a, p. 874 . “After songs had become stylish, especially in Zunser’s times, the … had a semi-decent voice or a healthy heart learned a few songs, bought a bazetsns with a ‘gut morgn’ from a real …
Dobridzien (LKT)
… Ages, when people used to give the wedding couple honey with cheese while they made the blessings under the khupe . … an allusion to ‘honey and milk under your tongue’ (Song of Songs, 4:11)... Harkavi, in the already cited Verterbukh , … Lithuania, 1880-1900]. Zizmor 1922a, p. 874 . “After songs had become stylish, especially in Zunser’s times, the …