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Gas-nign (LKT)
This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT…
Fal
… A famous extraordinary niggun is the ' Niggun Ezkerah Hagadol' (the great Ezkerah niggun ), composed by the …
Tish-nigunim Ascribed to Yosl Tolner and the Aesthetics of the Genre
… the most famous of them today is the Hebrew Purim song “Chag Purim,” (“The Purim Holiday”), which appears to be an … documentation of the attachment of the Hebrew words “Chag Purim” to this nign is from 1923 (Kipnis 1923, 83). Two … historit,” In Rabi Levi-Yitskhak me-Berditshev: historia, hagut, sifrut venigun , edited by Zvi Mark and Roee Horen, …
Räng Ovshori
Ovshori in mugham Chargah consists of several short phrases of four or…
Max Spicker
Born in Köngisberg, Germany, and immigrated to the US in 1882. After settling in New…
Cantares de Sefarad - Vol. 2 (SMR Bresler Collection)
Dezilde a la morena Moises salio de Mizrayim El ijo del rey Onete Bonete Siete…
Marcus Hast
Born in Praga (near Warsaw). After serving as a cantor in Poland and Germany, he moved…
Joseph Shlisky
… his days as an invalid until his death, of a cerebral hemorrhage, on February 14, 1955. For Shlisky's records in the …
Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
… became a Hebrew chant in the sports arena with the lyrics Hagavi’a hu shelanu (“The cup is ours”). The daily …
The Mogen Ovos Mode: a Study in Folklore
Singing the prayer magen avot, the abbreviated repetition of Sabbath-eve amidah, is an…