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RE: Jewish Folk Music?...Adon Olam, et al

I thought it was Tzivika Pik who wrote that. Or was it Rothblum? Oy, me at work 
and all my music at home.

Adrian

On Thursday, March 05, 1998 21:53, LynnCGiff [SMTP:LynnCGiff (at) aol(dot)com] 
wrote:
> The "traditional" melody to "Ve-shamru done in many Conservative and
> Reform congregations, as well as some Orthodox congregations (which uses
> the line "veshamru benei yisrael....... berit olam" as a chorus and
> constructs three stanzas out of the remaining verses) was originally
> composed in the very holy community of Camp Ramah in Wisconsin, written
> not as a liturgical setting but as a song for  a camp play at some point
> in the 1950's.
> --------------------------------------------
>
> Bwahhaaahhhhaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> That would be the "traditional" V'Shamru I know?????
> (Adrian & Janeen  - is this the one we sing?)
> Lynn

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