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Shtoktants (LKT)
… ,’ requesting that they play the Romanian-Gypsy ‘ doyne ’ melody for him...” [Lag B’Omer, Meron, Israel 1960s-1970s]. … the Klezmer and asks for a doyna , a Rumanian gypsy melody. The old man bends to the earth and moves his cane to …
Hag Purim – The story behind its melody
… Juedische Volksmusik, 1912, p. 6. In this publication the melody was arranged for soprano and two altos. Example 3 … of the Month to a very popular Eastern European Ashkenazi melody that, in the early 1920s, was set by the poet Levin … day among Israeli children. As a most widely recognized melody in the Eastern European Jewish world, the melody of “ …

Sher
… dances very carefully for comparison with the šer . The melody of Bohme’s ‘Scherer’ dates to the year 1562. The … while Schünemann’s examples are both in 3/8 with a melody in one section (four musical phrases corresponding to … the most widespread and beloved of wedding dances, and its melody, always lively and merry, is somehow permeated with …

Polonaise
… “It can also happen that a dance has a Yiddish name and the melody for the dance is borrowed from another people. Thus, …

Polka
… p. 668 . “[This is a] song for [the] polka-dance... The melody is Polish folk.” [Galicia, 1920s-30s]. Pipe 1971a, … (#53) . “[This is a] song for [the] polka-dance... The melody is Polish folk.” [Galicia, 1920s-30s]. Pipe 1971a, …

Pas d’espagne (LKT)
… no doubt originated with a dance under the influence of the melody, during a moment when the ‘tantsfirer’ gave his …

Tsushpil
… common nokhshpil or tsushpil tunes[‘postlude’ or rhythmic melody following a diona or other free-meter tune]. Alpert …

Nokhshpil
… common nokhshpil or tsushpil tunes [‘postlude’ or rhythmic melody following a doina or other free-meter tune]. Alpert …

Nokh der khupe
… the end of each citation, you get the full reference. “A melody that is played after the khupe .” [Vilna, Lithuania, …

Motse-shabos (LKT)
… the guests ‘dobranots’ (good night)... a sentimental quiet melody...” Stutschewsky 1959, p.156 . (Musical notation …