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Mr. Engel concludes that the music to my songs is not folk, because, in his opinion, it includes the rhythms of waltz music and mazurkas, and these dance rhythms are used even in the cases where I…
Contributor:
Mark Varshavsky
Places:
Kiev, Russian Empire (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Date:
1901
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Some decades ago Jewish badkhonim-actors [jesters] were still a very common phenomenon. Most of the time the badkhn was not only an entertainer improvising rhymes and funny sayings, but also an actor…
Contributor:
Dov Ber Slutsky
Places:
Kyiv, USSR (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Date:
1936