[HANASHIR:16422] Re: Early Childhood Developmentally Appropriate Practice

[Adrian A. Durlester <adrian...>]

Carlebach's gift is not universally recognized and accepted. Sadly, I've
heard not just his voice, but his musical contributions to Judaism
disparaged in some "professional Jewish music" circles.

Ultimately, it's about what Gd finds acceptable, not other musicians. I'm
just very reluctant to stand up and say "Hey, you! Your Jewish music is
inadequate. You have poor musical skills. Your vocal skills are weak. You do
not meet the standard which we, the Jewish musical community, have set. You
must stop propagating your music until such time as you meet our standard."

We have, within the Jewish music community, conservatory trained musicians
and self-taught musicians.  We have people with operatic quality voices, and
others with voices that may sound, to some, like chalk on a blackboard. Who
am I to sit in judgment on any of them?

Quality is best obtained by appealing to the inside, rather than
flagellating the outside. So again, I reiterate that, when I encounter
Jewish music or musicians that I may personally find inadequate, rather than
simply publicly bemoaning a supposed loss of quality, I'll speak to them
privately and offer my thoughts.

No, we are not all silent about these things. Many of us just prefer to
handle them with delicacy and aplomb, and as private matters, since we are
dealing with matters of faith.

Adrian



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> Subject: [HANASHIR:16421] Re: Early Childhood Developmentally 
> Appropriate Practice
> 
> 
> Adrian, I think your example of Carlebach undercuts your
> argument.  I don't think anyone would disagree that his voice 
> was not 'professional' quality, but that does not mean that 
> his contribution was not tremendous or professional (although 
> he would probably not have appreciated that 
> characterization).  It just wasn't outstanding or 
> professional in the area of 'vocal quality.'  Most of us 
> could probably agree whether a particular voice is 
> 'professional quality' or not.  
> 
> Michael
> 
>


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