[HANASHIR:13092] Re: Banu Choshech

[ilana axel <iaxel...>]

It's one of my absolute favorites, I could fax you a
melody line. I agree, it could be used anytime
actually when teaching about community, social action,
etc. I also love Cindy's English translation. Her
1950's guess is about right.Emanuel Amiran is a
relatively early Israeli composer who specialized in
exploring music writing for the new Israel, much the
way Israeli folk dance was "re-invented", to make it
fresh and contemporary to the surrounding Middle
Eastern musical enviorinment, yet uniquely Jewish, or
Israeli. A lot of Israeli children's music was written
by him.
S. Levi I'm not sure about, although it might be Sarah
Levi, before she was Sarah Levi Tanai, who also wrote
a lot of children's music and texts as described
above. These people were the musical pioneers of the
new Israeli nation. Sarah Levi Tanai is the founder of
Inbalim, the Yemenite Dance Troupe.
I'm sure others out there may have more info than I
do, in any case send me a fax number if you like!
Biv'racha,
Ilana
--- Avglrchl (at) aol(dot)com wrote:
>     Does anyone have the melody line notated for
> "Banu Choshech," or know if 
> it is in a songbook? I don't have it in the Israeli
> songbooks I have.
>     The song is on Cindy Paley's Chanukah tape.
> Cindy thinks the song may be 
> Israeli from the 1950s.  In addition, does anyone
> know anything about the 
> artists who the song is attributed to, E. Amiran and
> S. Levi?
>     It's still a great song to be singing this time
> of year.
>     Thanks for your assistance.
>     Andrea Foster, Ph.D.
>     Music Teacher, student cantor, songleader
>     avglrchl (at) aol(dot)com
> 
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