Re: Non-Jewish Composers of "Jewish music"

[Matthew H. Fields <fields...>]

In article <4f88ic$ikj (at) newsbf02(dot)news(dot)aol(dot)com>,
Sten4PGD <sten4pgd (at) aol(dot)com> wrote:
>Aren't many of these compositions by non-Jews "based" on Jewish themes?  
>Seems to me these composers often heard a tune they liked and simple
>expanded on it for their composition...or maybe they tried to evoke a
>Jewish "flavor" through an entirely original composition, much the way
>Bizet tried to evoke Spain in Carmen.

So many "Jewish pieces" (e.g. Hatikva, from the same Ranta di Mantua
sources, ultimately, as Smetana's Moldeau) are non-Jewish in origin
that we might as well relax about it all.  I consider all my pieces
Jewish music, from the Sh`mah for carillon to the orchestra piece called
"Origami Symphony".