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Valtzer (LKT)
… citation, you get the full reference. “The young people danced until daybreak... The klezmorim played all kinds of melodies for the dances. The dancers requested ‘tents’ (dances), ... for one a ‘tsardas’ …
Vals (LKT)
… citation, you get the full reference. “You had Polish dance tunes like krakowiak , oberek , na wesolo , mazur and … svadebnye obichai ( Perezhitoe 3), the author lists the dances done by girls with the bride at the preliminaries … waltz, mazurka, quadrille, and lancers. ... Most of the dances Levanda mentioned were widespread among the masses …
Tvile
… the bride was led into the mikve with klezmer and old women danced in front of her.” [Staro-Konstantin, Ukraine, … with a crowd, with song and music and klezmorim and even dances, was established not only among the ancient tribes of … wedding day, she and the other women performed the ‘Mitzvah Dance’ (‘Dance of the Precept’).” [New York, 1970s]. Seid …
Tsigayner-tants (LKT)
… quibbled with the girls, [and] there a konter-tants was danced for [the women’s] approval, one which only the Modnitzers knew, this [dance] was already part of the high hand-dances, next [came]: a semele, a tsigayner-tants , a …
Tsherkesishen (LKT)
… “Also a ‘kozak’ [and a freylekhs ]... were folk-dances for adults and in-laws. The youth strutted its wares in waltzes, krakoviaks , etc... They used to dance a vals-boston and a lizginke-tsherkesishen dance with a knife in the hands...”[Dubno, Poland, pre-World …
Tsepler-tants (LKT)
… What was the song of the tseperl-tants like? Was a [dance] description such as this made--as a song to be … spontaneous creation which suddenly springs up in the dance, under the influence of the rhythmic dance-melody? The answer is -- a spontaneous creation...” …
Ehad mi Yodea - Its sources, variations, and parodies
… I am a “ marshalok ” jester, and dance a “ hoptshiktshok ” in one shoe and one sock, in my … wedding hall, where one eats, where one drinks, where one dances, and where one skips.” This stanza is followed by the …
Toyten-tants (LKT)
… you get the full reference. “A weird Totentanz (death dance) was also part of another strange wedding custom. … ceremony taking place in the cemetery, and the rituals and dances being carried out with the whole community in attendance.” Lapson 1943, p. 458-60 . “‘Danza de la Muerta,’ a …
Tish-nign (LKT)
… Alpert 1996a, p. 16. “These klezmorim know many pieces: dance, instrumental works played at the table, street tunes … what I understand, the best klezmorim didn’t even play the dance tunes, they’d just come and play the tish nigunim , …
Terkish (LKT)
… reference. “ Bulgar was the American Jewish name for a dance genre which had come to epitomize the entire klezmer dance repertoire... [Andre] Hadju also confuses the terms … to as terkishe rhythm is the same as the Greek sirto dance rhythm.).” Phillips 1996a, p. 19 . (Musical notation …