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Brakha Tzefira
… as well as that of the Ashkenazi teachers who came from a Western European background, to the oriental melodies. Jehoash … the recognition of the acceptance of their own music among Western teachers. Her success in Shefeyah motivated her …
Karaite Jews Musical Tradition
… the spiritual center of the Karaites was balanced between Europe and the Near East. During the next few hundred years, … number of musical systems, some of which resemble the Western musical modes and scales. Although, for the most … a form of synthesis, as contact between the Eastern and Western communities became closer; the intricacies of …
Yiddish Folksong (The Music of the Yiddish Folksong)
… and language of oral creation of the Ashkenazi Jews of both Western and Eastern Europe, whereas in the latter region it was influenced by … the folksongs of the Ashkenazi Jews bare resemblance to Western European folksongs, Slavic songs from different …
The Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam
… faiths by the Catholic Church were common throughout Europe. Among the refugees were wealthy Spanish and … (Nusah) The synagogue conducts prayers according to the Western European Sephardic tradition, with minimal, late … style of this synagogue is the result of a mixture of Western and Eastern elements. A similar fusion is found in …
Dort wo die Zeder: A Forgotten Zionist Anthem in German
… about its performance in Zionist assemblies throughout Europe since at least 1894 as well as among the Jewish … in an article on the Zionist movement in Stryj/Stryi (in Western Ukraine). [7] More interesting however is the … pattern (V-I). In short, this is a quintessential European folk melody of the type that can be found in many …
Hora (LKT)
… triple-meter hora, the primary form of the genre among East European Jews, is common in northeastern Romania and among … and Hasidic communities. In a much wider area of Eastern Europe, horas were frequently used as processional tunes at … meaning is a binary rhythmic form at a moderate tempo. In western Moldavia the term can also refer to the zhok form. …
Zhok (LKT)
… notation included). “In many communities in Eastern Europe, especially in Hungary, Moravia, and Rumania, Jewish … not yet klezmer music. It was Roumanian or Bessarabian...In western Moldavia the term [hora] can also refer to the zhok …
Lanse (LKT)
… “There are also ‘cosmopolitan repertoire’ couple dances of Western and Central European origin’ such as lances, pa de span, padekater, …
Quadrille (LKT)
… “There are also ‘cosmopolitan repertoire’ couple dances of Western and Central European origin such as lances, pa de span, padekater, … words were sung which went with the rhythms... Eastern European Jews were accustomed to invite each guest to an …
Pas d’espagne (LKT)
… “There are also ‘cosmopolitan repertoire’ couple dances of Western and Central European origin’ such as lances, pa de span, padekater, …