Re: adon olam

[janeen kobrinsky <janeenk...>]

Adrian A. Durlester wrote:

> It is nice to reach a point where the meaning and intent of a prayer or piyyut
> becomes so meaningful that one does not wish to use it in a more "fun" spirit.
> But is not the next logical step to move beyond that, and, having internalized
> the meaning of the prayer, do it even greater homage by using it in everyday
> moments, even in fun? Sing Adon Olam to some silly tune not because you don't
> like any other tune, you don't understand it, or because you just want to be
> silly, but because it is so special to you that you want to sing it all the
> time, to any melody!
>
> Adrian
>
> On Tuesday, March 03, 1998 14:45, janeen kobrinsky [SMTP:janeenk (at) 
> rrnet(dot)com]
> wrote:
> > I have the same feeling about Adon Olam...
> >
> > Friedman taught a new tune at HN a couple of years ago -  just to the
> > final verse...b'yado...
> >
> > I got fogged in on the way home with many others...we were singing this
> > tune and one woman told us about a friend of hers...a chazzan...whose
> > father passed away and wanted adon olam sung at the funeral...she
> > thought it was a really strange request until she was singing it and got
> > to b'yado...
> >
> > I can't sing Adon Olam to goofy tunes anymore...
> >
> > Friedman's melody for b'yado is gentle, haunting, and loving...
> >
> > good luck
> >
> > best
> > janeen

  Dear Adrian,

to sing it to silly tunes is not the same as internalizing it and
singing it to other melodies...would you sing el moley to a silly tune?
would you sing the kaddish to a silly tune?

adon olam is an extraordinary prayer...
I have in my day been guilty of singing it to everything from "waltzing
matilda" to the "a&w root bear" tune....

but since really reading this prayer...no can do...it is so special that
no silly tune will do it anymore.

best
Janeen