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Toyten-tants (LKT)
… of another strange wedding custom. During the time of the great epidemics sweeping over Europe, mass hysteria led to …
Shtoktants (LKT)
… whole body bent forward. He begins to swing the cane with great speed in front of him, and then he makes a figure …
Sher
… several centuries ago and that it was ‘Jewishized’ to a great extent (at least musically). A broader, more … dances, is still not useful. In striking contrast is the great folklorist Dr. Yom-Tov Levinsky, who heard this song …
Alicia Svigals
… many others. She has appeared on David Letterman, MTV, PBS' Great Performances, NPR's Prairie Home Companion, Weekend …
Mazltov (LKT)
… The wedding guests are amused by this dance, but it is a great strain on the bride. Weakened by fasting the entire …
Kozatshok (LKT)
… (e.g., the very widespread dance tune kozačok ) and a great number of folk songs sung to the melodies of popular …
Hakhnoe-tants (LKT)
… the hands they were holding and bend and stoop down with great humility...” Rekhtman 1962, p. 262 . … Hakhnoe-tants …
Forshpil (LKT)
… the wedding.” Harkavi 1928, p. 403 . “On Friday evening a great reception, called ‘Spinholz’ (a corruption of the … home to his parents for a kiddush , where people made a great celebration. After this came the row from the youth … the wedding, called Spinholz by the German Jews, was a great day in Worms. On the Friday night preceding that …
Volekh (LKT)
… valuchu ) was because in Walachia the Jews suffered the greatest cruelties of the tyrants (1456-1462)...” Nulman …
Taksim (LKT)
… when taksims (a type of free improvised form which has a great deal of scale and other passage-work which embellished …