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Baqqashah (Pl. Baqqashot)
… (petition) is a religious practice maintained by several Jewish communities. It consists of gatherings that occur … organization of the musical content of this event in accordance with the principles of the Arabic maqam. As a result … of the Morrocan Baqqashot melodies are modern 20th century folk melodies from Egypt and other Middle-Eastern countries, …
A hassidic ritual dance: the "mitsve tants" in Jerusalemite weddings
… Studies … Yuval Studies … 38013 … 164-224 … Jerusalem … Jewish Music Research Centre, Magnes Press … Yuval; Studies … Centre … … Hassidim … 1994 … Israel … Wedding … Customs … Dance … Folklore … Hasidim … Hasidism … Marriage … Society … …
Fiddler on the Move: Exploring the Klezmer World
… 'Klezmer' is a Yiddish word for professional folk instrumentalist-the flutist, fiddler, and bass player that made brides weep and guests dance at weddings throughout Jewish eastern Europe before the culture was destroyed in …
Klezmer music in America: revival and beyond
… 19th. c. In the immigrant period, mostly Eastern European dance tunes were performed by fairly large groups (12-15 … bar mitzvahs, etc.) and was associated especially with the Jewish resort milieu of the Catskills. The 1970s revival, related to the general ethnic and folk revival in America, attempted a return to the sound of …
The Music of the Mountain Jews
… A study of the liturgical and folk music of one of the most remote Jewish communities, the Jews from Daghestan and neighboring … music … Jews … Mountain Jews … Asia … Judeo-Tat - Juhuri … Dance Tunes … Dagestan … Eastern Communities … Piris Eliyahu …
The Dybbuk - Der dibuk
… 1912-1917. The idea for the play came to Ansky as he led a Jewish folklore expedition through small towns of Eastern Europe, … and historical advisors. The film's exquisite musical and dance interludes evoke the cultural richness of both pre-WWI …
A Man from Munkasc: Gypsy Klezmer
… region. Before the Holocaust there, whenever there was a Jewish celebration (e.g., a wedding, Purim festivities, dance etc.), most of the time the klezmer musicians were not … examines how this persecuted group (the Rom) saved Jewish folk music until it could be returned to the Jews. We learn …
Jewish Folk Dance Book
… … 34639 … New York … … 1948 … Katya Delakova … Fred Berk … Jewish Folk Dance Book …
The Jewish Dance: Volume Two
… … 1 … 34540 … Haifa … The Jewish Dance Archives … … 2 … 1972 … Jewish folk dance … History of the Jewish dance … Tzvi Fridhaber …
The Dance-House in the Jewish Shtetl in the Middle Ages
… … 3 … Jerusalem Studies in Jewish Folklore … Jerusalem Studies in Jewish Folklore … 34534 … 49-60 … … 7 … 1984 … Tzvi Fridhaber [Friedhaber] … The Dance-House in the Jewish Shtetl in the Middle Ages …