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Kaboles-Ponem (LKT)
… door to greet the groom, playing there a special groom’s melody [ khasn-motiv ].” [Kremenits, Poland, pre-World War …
Forshpil (LKT)
… liturgical poems with a special tune called ‘Spinholz melody.’ After the evening meal, the beadle strode through …
Flash-tants/fleshltants (LKT)
… two forms of dance... the dance itself is performed to the melody of the tune ‘the beroyges dance’, which is the traditional melody for the entire section of dances. The second style of …
Flakstants (LKT)
… to dance the ‘flax dance’. The klezmorim began to play the melody for this dance and they couldn’t get it right -- … and gave them the special tune. And once they caught the melody, grandmother became very excited and performed a … It is difficult for me to remember the movements and the melody. However it is worth adding that the others, the …
Pastukhel (LKT)
… than in the Moldavian original...The structure of the melody correspondings [sic]” to the unfolding of the plot: … it becomes more dramatic...The concluding part is a dance melody. ‘Dos pastekhl’ is one of the richest and most … folk songs. A certain non-Jewish influence heard in the melody is probably Ukrainian. In the middle part of the …
Volekh (LKT)
… the full reference. “Doina: A free-meter but structured melody for listening, from the Romanian-Jewish repertoire. … hora...’Volekhl’ (Wallachian) name given to a Romanian melody of the form doyne-hora to which the tekhiat ha-metim … melodies and weddings tunes are in Walachish style: the melody is left to the fancy of the instrumentalist; the …
Taksim (LKT)
… is not truly a taksim, but a rubato improvisation on the melody of the tune. A taksim is not based on the melody. It certainly sounds taksim-related to me.)” … recording references included). “A taksim is not based on melody...In Jewish music the term taksim had been used …
Doyne (LKT)
… references included). “Doina: A free-meter but structured melody for listening, from the Romanian-Jewish repertoire. … the Klezmer and asks for a doyna , a Rumanian gypsy melody. The old man bends to the earth and moves his cane to … requesting that they play the Romanian-Gypsy ‘doyne’ melody for him...” [Lag B’Omer, Meron, Israel 1960s-1970s]. …
Debka (LKT)
… of each citation. “There is practically speaking no Meron melody that accompanies a simple group circle dance. Only …
Czardas (LKT)
… from the vilin playing of Csaba Okros [Transylvania]... The melody was accompanied by the drones and strums of various … notation and recording references included). “The second melody, a csardas, as well as the third one, were composed …