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Alicia Svigals
… 2014 MacDowell Fellow. She has played with and composed for violinist Itzhak Perlman, the Kronos Quartet, playwrights …
Nokhshpil
… This hora is abstracted from a doina/hora/sirba medley by violinist Leon Schwartz...When following a rubato section, …
Taksim (LKT)
… in Greece] This tune featured vocal with interludes of the violin...Section 4 is an approximation of the taksim …
Doyne (LKT)
… The doina is performed on the fluere (sheperd’s pipe) or violin; it is sung by men and women, adults and children. In … references included). “‘Freylakh from ‘Doina’ Medley #1.’ Violinist Leon Ahl played this freylakh after an extended … improvised, which served as a showpiece for clarinetists, violinists, mandolinists, flutists, cymbolists, …
Bulgar (LKT)
… This tune is also in the active repertorie of klezmer violinist Leon Schwartz of Queens, New York. Schwartz, a …
Khosid/Khosidl (LKT)
… included). “Khosid Dance. This tune is adapted from the violin playing of Csaba Okros [Transylvania]... The melody … This tune is also in the active repertorie of klezmer violinist Leon Schwartz of Queens, New York. Schwartz, a … moves slowly enough to invite embellishment by clarinet, violin, or flute to a greater degree than allowed by the …
«A Special Kind of Antisemitism»: On Russian Nationalism and Jewish Music
… were an intrinsically gifted musical race. In the words of violinist Mischa Elman’s father, Glazunov said that when it …
Mitsve-tants (LKT)
… This tune is also in the active repertoire of klezmer violinist Leon Schwartz of Queens, New York. Schwartz, a …
Kosher-tants (LKT)
… Schauss 1950, p. 193 . “Following the solo number of the violinist or clarinet, they danced the kosher-dance ( …
Beroyges-tants
… and the ‘ sholem dance’ after it. When the klezmorim’s violins broke into the melody of this dance, which was known …