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Hassidic Tunes of Dancing and Rejoicing

Various Artists
Hassidic Tunes of Dancing and Rejoicing

This 1978 Folkways release takes what was then a new approach to presenting Hassidic dance music—recording it live, without “staging,” at ceremonies and festivals in various Hassidic communities throughout Israel. Featured are instrumental tunes and songs—and even vocal imitations of instrumental music. The first issue in the Anthology of Musical Traditions in Israel by the Hebrew University Jewish Music Research Centre, the album includes extensive liner notes in English and Hebrew that explore the role of music and dance in the Hassidic tradition.

Track Listing

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Walenstein's Niggûn / Hora Moshe "Musa" Berlin, Binyamin Barzevsky, and Avraham Segal 04:52
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String of Meron Tunes Daniel Bergstein, Yehosua Dov Rubinstein, and Avraham Eckstein 03:29
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Amar Rabbi Akiv (Rabbi Akiva Said: Blessed Be You, O Israel) / Wa-amartem koh Ie-hay (And You Shall Say, Long Live Rabbi Simeon bar Yohay) Brizel 01:38
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Turkish Tune Yehosua Dov Rubinstein and Daniel Bergstein 02:25
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Schaeffer's Niggûn Ha-hedva Band 03:01
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106
Tune for Leading the Bridegroom Michael and Elhanan Silber 02:41
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Mazltov Binyamin Barzevshy, Yehuda Freiman, and Semuel Borenstein 03:22
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T'hies ha-meysim (Resurrection of the Dead) Moshe "Musa" Berlin and Avraham Segal 03:20
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Slow Hora Moshe "Musa" Berlin and Avraham Segal 03:05
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202
Yearning Tune of the Habbad Hassidim Semuel Zalmenov 03:54
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Jester's Tune for the Mitzvah Dance Josef Greenwald 03:00
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204
Rejoicing Tune to Lo Tevosi Mendel Brichto 02:11
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Dance Tune (First Rendition) / Dance Tune (Second Rendition) Michael and Elhanan Silber 01:39
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206
Waltz of the Modzhith Hassidim Avraham Weingarten 01:00
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Mitsve-tants: Mis-sod hakamim / Ya'amod / Bore olam be-qinyan Avraham Bord 01:58
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Dance Tune Avraham Segal, Moshe Berlin, and Binyamin Barzevsky 05:52