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Mazurka (LKT)
… 1994, pp. 9-10 . “ Mazurka . Mazurka (a Polish dance).” Harkavi 1928, p. 284 . “‘...Let’s dance the kozak ;’... The …
Majafes (LKT)
… his own pieces for the band. ‘He tried to get me to buy a sparkling ‘majafes’ which he wrote himself,’ writes Engel.” …
Kozatske (LKT)
… Gellerman 1975, pp. 19-20 . “ Kazatzke . Cossack dance.” Harkavi 1928, p. 437 . “Yokhim really played well, and not …
Kozatshok (LKT)
… and Ukrainian kozachok ).” Feldman 1994, pp. 9-10 . “The karkazi [described in a memoir of a Jerusalem wedding] must …
Gezegn-tants (LKT)
… Gezegn tants . farewell dance (a kind of wedding dance).” Harkavi 1928, p. 152 . “... Our old klezmer will lock …
Forshpil (LKT)
… on the night of the Sabbath preceding the wedding.” Harkavi 1928, p. 403 . “On Friday evening a great reception, …
Rikudl (LKT)
… “ Rikud . dance. rikudl . diminuitive for rikud .” Harkavi 1928, p. 479 . “Each day before the wedding] the …
English-Yidisher verterbukh
… Publishing Co. … English-Yiddish dictionary … 1928 … Harkavy … Jewish customs … Jewish culture … Ashkenazi … Alexander Harkavi … English-Yidisher verterbukh …
Shabos-tants (LKT)
… “ Shabos tants . Sabbath dance, a kind of wedding dance.” Harkavi 1928, p. 487 . “He ordered the ‘shabos-tents’ ... he … and the women the bride and they led us out to the small dark room.” [c. 1853 in Krokodilevka, Poland]. Linetski 1897, pp. 100-103 . “Harkavi has shabos-tants as -- ‘Sabbath dance,’ a kind of …
Volekh (LKT)
… . “Volekh. Wallachian;.Wallachian dance; Wallachian tune. Harkavi 1928, p. 201 . “In the ‘ volekhl ’ or ‘tekhiat …