[HANASHIR:7269] Re: Resource ?

[Meris Ruzow <meris...>]

Chevre:  I am looking for a resource to help out new jewish music educators who 
may have the knowledge of "how to play" many of the jewish songs we all use in 
our repertoire, but who don't have the experience or knowledge of when they 
were written, their meaning, etc.   Anyone know of anything that exists besides 
the paragraphs that Vel writes when he describes songs?   I am NOT looking for 
anything too heavy - just something for newer teachers to use to familiarize 
themselves with meanings, etc.   Thanks.
Meris Ruzow
meris (at) nycap(dot)rr(dot)com
   
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Robbi Sherwin <sherwin (at) earthlink(dot)net>
    To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
    Date: Thursday, November 02, 2000 9:42 PM
    Subject: [HANASHIR:7267] Re: Thanksgiving songs
    
    
    I love Tom Chapin's Thanksgiving Day (does it count if the songwriter is 
Jewish?)
    
    The chorus goes:
    
    Thanks for our home, thanks for our hearth
    And the bounty that grows from the ground
    With our loved ones near, we bless the year
    That's brought us safely 'round.
    
    The verses are how we've evolved from farmers to shoppers and now it is our 
responsibility to help the hungry, the poor and the homeless, so all may be 
able to say:
    Thanks for our home....
    
    You can find it on his "Mother Earth" tape/CD - it has wonderful songs on 
it, as do all his CDs.
    
    Robbi Sherwin
    Austin
    
    on 11/2/00 7:07 AM, NBudin (at) aol(dot)com at NBudin (at) aol(dot)com 
wrote:
    
    
        I always use Doug Cotler's "Thank You God" for young kids around 
Thanksgiving. 
        
        Noah Budin 
        Singer/songwriter 
        Cleveland, OH 
        NBudin (at) aol(dot)com