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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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When the engagement of two parties occurs, many Jews are invited, young and old, and they gather in a big room and each of the young Jews has a new…
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Johannes Buxtorf
Places:
Basel, Switzerland
Date:
1603
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What do we call folk songs? Of course, these are the songs sung by the people. The songs can either come from unknown authors of the ancient, forgotten past . . . or these can be recently written…
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Joel Engel
Places:
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (Moscow, Russia)
Date:
1901
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There is no need to provide evidence concerning the great value of folk songs when one wishes to study the history of a people—any people—and all it has undergone. Alongside the history books of each…
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Shaul Ginsburg, Peysakh Marek
Places:
Russian Empire (Russia, Russia)
Date:
1898