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Chasidic in America
… two distinctive sections. The first is a short melody in a style reminiscent of certain types of Hassidic niggunim . … of the song is in a distinctive instrumental (klezmer) style of Romanian-Moldavian extraction. Weiss sings an …
A gute nakht (LKT)
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…
Honga (LKT)
… is based on the Kandel’s Orchestra 1925 recording [Polish style]... Whatever sort of dance a honga is, its musical …
Zay gezunt (LKT)
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…
Kale bazetsen (LKT)
… bride. Max wrote the second section of the melody in the style of a kale bazetsn , the ritual seating of the bride. The third section is a well-known khusidl (hasidic-style) melody which may have been associated with the mitsve …
Fun der khupe (LKT)
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…
Freylekhs (LKT)
… the end of each citation. “These two khusidlekh [Hasidic-style dance tunes, singular khusid ] were cornerstones of … Khosidl, or Khosid: A slow circle or line dance in Hasidic style, in a stately 2/4 rhythm. In some regions of Eastern … to say whether these šers are similar in music and dance style to the šer in Poland, Czechoslovakia, or Galicia, …
Woody Guthrie's Hanukah Songs
… is similar in its simplicity and adherence to Guthrie's style. Here, the off-beat is emphasized giving the song a … not that different from the originals in regards to musical style. The main difference is in the atmosphere of the … live album. This performance of the song fuses different styles such as klezmer inspired musical passages …
Gas-nign (LKT)
… Nigun is based on Abe Schwartz’s 1920 violin solo [Romanian style]... The pace is quicker and Schwartz launches into a …