… tune (Allegretto) of the widespread Purim song that became popular following the zamelbukh , the melody in Goldfaden’s …

… Bulgar, Pas d’Espagne , Vingerka , Waltz , forms of popular Russian, Polish, and Rumanian dances.” EncyJud 1971, … Slobin 1982, p. 28 .  “ ‘Kozatz’keh : ’ This dance was popular both among Jewish Ukraine and Jewish Poland. There …

Born in Praga (near Warsaw). After serving as a cantor in Poland and Germany, he moved…

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… peninsula. The Ottoman Empire largely absorbed these Jewish populations and Saloniki, under Ottoman rule since 1430, … became one of their primary destinations. With this large population influx, Saloniki was transformed into a … closed on the Sabbath. 3 In addition to the large Jewish population, the city was home to a great number of Turks and …

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… thinking (expressed mostly in chordal melodic motifs) and popular urban rhythmic patterns to the Hassidic repertoire …

… The poem was written in 1901 by S. An-sky (Shloyme Zanvl Rappoport [1863-1920]) the Jewish writer, ethnographer, poet, … the same time, which became the Bund’s anthem. Despite the popularity of these two songs among Bund members and the … is credited here to S. Sinani, an additional pseudonym of Rapoport. The melody, as it was published by Glattstein, is in …

… testimonies showing that the Jews influenced the non-Jewish population and even that 'Christians learned from the Jews … and folk traditions crept into the folk traditions of the population in France.' Idelsohn prepares his comparison of …

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