[HANASHIR:12169] Re: what is "great music"

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It will all be OLD some day, but not all CLASSIC!

Michael

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> Date: Tuesday, 10-Sep-02 08:58 AM
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> From: karen fanwick            \ Internet:    (cfanwick (at) hotmail(dot)com)
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> Subject:  [HANASHIR:12163] what is "great music"
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> Recently, I was a guest soloist for a congregation in IL and after the 
> service an older congregant came up to me, praising me for using some old 
> familiar tunes. He told me he really does not like the "new stuff". I 
> thanked him saying that I have an appreciation for the "old stuff", but let 
> us not forget-even the classics were ONCE contemporary (i.e. new stuff). 
> That the Adon Olam I sang was proably once thought of as "new stuff" and 
not 
> appreciated. He thought for a minute, and said "You are right. Perhaps I 
> should give the new stuff a chance."
> 
> A lot of it depends on attitude and a willingness to preserve our heritage 
> while expanding our heritage for the next generation.
> 
> It will ALL be classic some day...
> 
> l'shanah tova
> karen
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> Karen "Casey" Fanwick
> cfanwick (at) hotmail(dot)com
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