points of info...

[erik l. f. contzius <eriklfc...>]

1) point of info: someone had mentioned (a while back) the authorship of
the trad. "maoz tzur" melody and its attribution to a 'drinking song'. It
is my understanding that the melody, in fact, was written by Martin Luther,
an ardent anti-semite. why/how the tune got attatched to the melody?
dunno... i _do_ know that those who know this information are somewhat
uncomfy with using it and favor either the marcello version (italian, very
pretty) or there are some others written by jewish composers. maybe Judah,
in his ethnological research has more details to this one.

2) I think brian asked about musicological research on the bensching. that
was my masters thesis (the music of the bensching). write me privately if
you want some info...

3) one song on a desert island? how about "Yesh li shir she-margiz
anashim!" (ok, ok, it's adar, after all!).


Hazzan Erik L. F. Contzius
Omaha, Nebraska

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