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Volekh (LKT)

… p. 83 . (Musical notation included). “A type of vocal niggunim named after Walachia, a region of Rumania. These niggunim are characterized by slow tempi, free rhythm, … These characteristics are somtiems common to the niggun devekut. The Rumanian doina seems to be its …

Experiencing Devekut

… “Among hasidim the niggun not only reveals the state of mind of the singer, … Ber, the fifth Habad Rebbe To understand the power of the niggun experience in the hasid ’s religious life, it is … spiritual importance of hasidic gatherings, in which the niggun experience plays a central role. These are the …

Mitsve-tants (LKT)

… pattern of text and music... Our examination of the dance niggunim used for the mitsve tants focuses on the following … whether the mitsve tants has a regular repertoire of dance niggunim; b) whether this repertoire or part of it is … dancers; c) whether the functional link of certain dance niggunim is expressed also on the musical level; d) whether …

Beroyges-tants

… are accompanied by anything other than a melody from the niggun-Meron genre, except perhaps the ‘beroyges-tants’ …

Hopke (LKT)

… Fishbein from Bene Berak, this term may also apply to niggunim of rejoicing, sung to liturgical texts.” Mazor and … 1959, p. 170 . ( Musical notation included). “Dance niggunim . These are usually much simpler than the previous ones. A valuable attempt to classify these niggunim has been carried out in Mazor-Hadju-Bayer. For our …

Tants nign (LKT)

… rhythms.” Stutschewsky 1959, pp. 166-67, n. 55 . “Dance niggunim . These are usually much simpler than the previous ones. A valuable attempt to classify these niggunim has been carried out in Mazor-Hadju-Bayer. For our … together as a small musical piece of art. Most of the dance niggunim in this volume are of the second kind (e.g. no. …

Freylekhs (LKT)

… in our opinion, constitutes a sister-repertoire to the niggun-Meron of Israel....The fact that it is at Meron that … natives of Jerusalem, explained in effect the name niggun-Meron in this sense and we embraced this view...If we … repertoire properly speaking, except perhaps a few niggunim borrowed from the Oriental communities of …