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Ehad mi Yodea - Its sources, variations, and parodies
… the JMRC, no. 169, pp. 397-402). This version has become a popular song among Yiddish and klezmer musicians over the … song: “Among children, the number songs were particularly popular, and their counting of a particular number of things …
Tekhies hameysim-tants (LKT)
… this event is no doubt the ‘tekhiat ha-metim’ dance, or in popular language ‘tekhies hameysim tants’ . A pair of …
Skotshne/Skochne
… of Bondashevke; Example 28 is one. Such frejlaxs are very popular in that village and are sung for dancing. Bystanders …
Sirba
… few recordings and transcriptions, but evidently it was not popular in New York at that time...” Phillips 1996ab, p. 178 …
Shrayer
… is also widespread in Moldavia among the non-Jewish village population (they call the tune srayer ). We would need to …
Hag Purim – The story behind its melody
… arrives, we dedicate the Song of the Month to a very popular Eastern European Ashkenazi melody that, in the early … repertoire, songs about Jewish festivals were particularly popular and remained part of the festive repertoire sung …
Sher
… 339. In the note to no. 339, Schünemann writes: ‘This is a popular dance-song which consists at the beginning of … is also widespread in Moldavia among the non-Jewish village population (they call the tune srayer). We would need to … stated that the freylakhs and sher were ‘the most popular dances.’ He considers all four names to have a …
Polonaise
… when we asked them for such a dance, played Aginski’s popular polonaise ‘Les adieux à la patrie.’” Beregovski 1937 … a Polonaise tune of Auginski (1765-1833), that burst into popularity during his time and was called by the name …
Polka
… tangos (4/4) European military marches (2/4 and 6/8), and popular pieces from the Yiddish theatre, often in fox-trot, … of the nineteenth century). These dances were only popular among the younger generation.” Stutschewsky 1959, …
Oberek (LKT)
… , oberek , na wesolo , mazur and polonez [which were popular]... in the ‘30s.” [Warsaw, Poland, 1930s]. Alpert …