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Tish-nign (LKT)

This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…

Terkish (LKT)

… you get the full reference. “ Bulgar was the American Jewish name for a dance genre which had come to epitomize …

Tants (Alter yidisher) (LKT)

… “‘ Shemonah-esreh ’ Dance”.“Tzvi Fridhaber, scholar of Jewish dance, Haifa, writes to us:... I was approached by …

The Jewish Encyclopedia

… … 5 … The Jewish Encyclopedia … The Jewish Encyclopedia … 33959 … … Cyrus Adler … The Jewish Encyclopedia …

Jewish Music

… styles, and registers of musical creation … 5 … 33960 … … Jewish Music …

… at the end of each citation, you get the full reference. “Jewish musicians used to play frequently at non-Jewish weddings and festivities where they undoubtedly played Jewish tunes in addition to the Ukrainian dance-repertoire. …

Sirba

… motion in the melody performed against a brisk 2/4 rhythm, Jewish sirbas -- especially outside Romania -- do not … hora, and sirba or other brisk tune are common in non-Jewish musical traditions of northeast Romania and southern Ukraine, and were favored by Jewish musicians from an even wider area. In much of the …

Shrayer

… at the end of each citation, you get the full reference. “Jewish klezmorim often played at non-Jewish weddings, festivities, entertainments, and so on. … it is interesting to establish whether non-Jews adopted Jewish dances. We know of cases in which Ukrainian peasants …

Hag Purim – The story behind its melody

… 82-83. Example 8 Harry Coopersmith, editor, Little Books of Jewish Songs: Purim , Chicago: Board of Jewish Education, 1928‎. Example 9 Jacob Schoenberg, Shirei … National Sound Archives, Yc 2332. … As Purim, “the Jewish carnival,” arrives, we dedicate the Song of the Month …

Sher

… “Sher: One of the most common dance forms in the Jewish repertoire, similar to a square dance or a Russian … their weddings and celebrations, to which they invited Jewish musicians. The Ukrainian youth there danced the šer … 1982, p. 526, n. 18] . “Gathering data on Jewish folk dances, and especially on the widespread …