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Contre-danse (LKT)
… [dance] was already part of the high hand-dances.” [Vilna, Lithuania, 1890s]. Matskevits 1893 . 'All the girlfriends …

Zay gezunt (LKT)
… Bernstein (1927:243) says these pieces were played also in Lithuania. On leaving, the matchmakers cried, after which … melody becomes happy and people dance a karahod .” [Vilna, Lithuania, 1920s]. Bernstein 1927, p. 96 . “Z ay gezunt .” …
Leon Blank
… Leon Blank was born in Lithuania in 1867. When Blank was just a boy, his family …

Sholem-tants (LKT)
… love... all accompanied by the melody.” [Ritova, Lithuania, c. 1910s-20s]. Grod 1947, pp. 165-68 . (Musical …

Gezegn-tants (LKT)
… freylekhs , with a marsh , [and] a hopke-tants ...” [Vilna, Lithuania, c. 1880s-1890s]. Zizmor 1922a, p. 876 . … …

Dobridzien (LKT)
… at the heads of the streams of people.” [Ritova (Rietavas), Lithuania, pre-World War II]. Grod 1948, pp. 33-34 . ( … for the parents of the bride and groom...” [Vilna, Lithuania, 1880-1900]. Zizmor 1922a, p. 874 . “After songs … real badkhn and became a badkhn in his own right.” [Vilna, Lithuania, 1870s-80s]. Zizmor 1922b, p. 876 . “In the …

Tenoim (LKT)
… (and mus. ex. 4) were performed at this moment.” [Ritova, Lithuania, c. 1910s-20s]. Stutschewsky 1959, p. 155 . … …

Tants (Alter yidisher) (LKT)
… she recalled from her childhood in the area of Brisk of Lithuania. Verbah even told me about the second dance that …

Bobes tants (LKT)
… dances, but this [one] was after the khupe .” [Vilna, Lithuania, 1890s]. Matskevits 1893 . “When the bride and …

Tvile
… of Israel but in certain times also among Jewish Poland, Lithuania, and Ukraine... ‘The klezmorim waited behind the … beer, and also did a tentsl with the klezmer .” [Vilna, Lithuania, c. 1870s-80s]. Zizmor 1922a, p. 873 . … Tvile …