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

101	Walenstein's Niggûn / Hora	Moshe Berlin, Binyamin Barzevsky, Avraham Segal, and anonymous Hassid	04:52
102	String of Meron Tunes	Daniel Bergstein, Yehosu'a Dov Rubinstein, and Avraham Eckstein	03:29
103	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 brother and singers from Meron	01:38
104	Turkish Tune	Yehosu'a Dov Rubinstein and Daniel Bergstein	02:25
105	Schaeffer's Niggûn	Binyamin Barzevsky, Yehuda Freiman, Semuel Borenstein, and Ze'ev Fenigstein	03:01
106	Tune for Leading the Bridegroom	Michael and Elhanan Silber	02:41
107	Mazltov	Binyamin Barzevshy, Yehuda Freiman, and Semuel Borenstein	03:22
108	T'hies ha-meysim (Resurrection of the Dead)	Moshe Berlin and Avraham Segal	03:20
201	Slow Hora	Moshe Berlin and Avraham Segal	03:05
202	Yearning Tune of the Habbad Hassidim	Semuel Zalmenov	03:54
203	Jester's Tune for the Mitzvah Dance	Josef Greenwald	03:00
204	Rejoicing Tune to Lo Tevosi	Mendel Brichto	02:11
205	Dance Tune (First Rendition) / Dance Tune (Second Rendition)	Michael and Elhanan Silber	01:39
206	Waltz of the Modzhith Hassidim	Avraham Weingarten	01:00
207	Mitsve-tants: Mis-sod hakamim / Ya'amod / Bore olam be-qinyan	Avraham Bord	01:58
208	Dance Tune	Avraham Segal, Moshe Berlin, Binyamin Barzevsky, and Aharon Heshin	05:52