A popular cantiga from the Eastern Sephardi repertoire (CMP AA40, Hemsi 1995, no. 78) of…

… 7. Popurri iz Russkich Piesen (3.1927) 8. Batuta Olenilor Romanian Dance (12.12.1917) 9. Hungarian Czardas (2.4.1916) … Drag (Leo Edwards, 2.4.1916) 17. Doina 1953 18. Doina Romanian Shepard Song (7.19.1916) 19. Argentine Dance (Tango … Hebrew Dance (Moskowitz, 3.27.1916) 23. Sirba Clasica Romanian Dance (Moskowitz, 7.19.1916) 24. Sirba Matey Matey …

… Rodan was born in Yassi, Romania. He studied violin and conducting at the Bucharest … Music (1945-1949) and later worked as a conductor. He left Romania in 1961 and settled in Israel. Rodan conducted …

… performances of the Jews in Germany, Austria, and Romania; the liturgical music traditions of Ethiopian Jews   …

… musicians. A favorite among Jews and non-Jews throughout Romania and beyond, this particular tune is known in both … line, or couple dance deriving from the Bessarabian (East Romanian) dance bulgareasca, literally ‘Bulgarian dance,’ … recording references included).   “The last layer of [‘Romania-ization’ of klezmer music] is recognizable. First of …

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… and moved with her family, as an infant, to Cernauti, Romania (today Chernivtsi, Ukraine). Her mother sang a wide …