… love the synagogal modes and “Zemiroth” as well as Jewish Folk-Songs. At home I received an orthodox education and … read. Later I found out, that they were [tunes of] Polish folksongs or Hussar [cavalry] marches. The local as well as …

… Piyutim, others were adopted from secular Jewish songs, as well as from non-Jewish sources.  Some of these … the other hand, the Eastern European music's source is from folkloric inventions of the priests. In similarity with folk songs in general, while some were uniquely beautiful …