This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT compiles a wide array of source materials that shed light on the historical and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations from primary and secondary sources that include or refer to the term in question. It also indicates whether musical notation or sound recordings are included in the source. By clicking on the bibliographic hyperlink at the end of each citation, you get the full reference.
“Honga/Hongu/Hangu: A Moldavian line dance in 2/4 time. Also called honge and ange.” Alpert 1996b, p. 58. (Recording references included).
“Ange.” Beregovski/Goldin 1987, #219. (Musical notation included).
“The transitional or ‘Orientalized’ repertoire [of klezmer music] consisted of the dance genres named volekh, hora, sirba, ange, and bulgarish.” Feldman 1994, pp. 7-8.
“The Moldavian dances hora and hangu (Yiddish: honga, ange), [are] moderate tempo eastern Romanian dance tunes in 4/4 time characterized by 16th-note runs and arpeggios.” Schlesinger, Alpert and Rubin 1989. (Recording references included).
See Honga.