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Tenu'a (yd. pronunciation: tnue, tnie)
A term used by Hassidim and East European hazzanim; it literally means 'Movement.' An…
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Fal
In Yiddish, in most of the Hasidic dynasties, the word Fal refers to a section of a…
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Tin Pan Alley
Nickname for the popular songwriting and sheet-music publishing industry centred in New…
Cleaving tune (Niggun Dvekut)
The term Niggun Devekut, which probably is a Hebrew translation of the Yiddish…
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Responsorial Singing
“Call and response,” “responsive,” or “responsorial” is a singing performance style in…
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The Tedeschian Community
[1]The Tedeschian Jews are Ashkenazi Jews who originated in Germany, and immigrated to…
Kabalat Shabat
Kabalat Shabat refers to the part of the Friday evening service that precedes the…
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Heikhal Hanegina (the Hall of Music)
A term from the Kabbalah, that refers to a heavenly hall in which entrance is permitted…
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Musical instruments of the Mountain Jews
Aziatskay garmoshka (lit. 'Asian accordion'; also called 'gar-mon' or 'ghumuz' in Juhuri…
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Society for Jewish Folk Music
Violins, Voice and Jews
In the spring of 1897, on the eve of the Russian Orthodox…