Re: Chassidic Song Fests

[Cantor Neil Schwartz <schwartz...>]

In article <4q73df$d01 (at) newsbf02(dot)news(dot)aol(dot)com>, hi8067 (at) 
aol(dot)com (Hi8067) wrote:

> Shalom. I have some questions. I need to know more about the Chassidic
> Song Fests which seem to have been held in Israel since the 1960s.When did
> they start? How can I get English lyrics for some of them? I have three
> LPs, all in Hebrew. I cannot comment on them on the air since my Ivrit is
> limited.Can I get a listing of all the recordings somewhere? Any info on
> these interesting recordings would b e appreciated. Thanks.
> Another topic: I use all kinds of Jewish music on my weekly radio show
> here in Orlando. Why limit myself? Many are indeed Yiddish since that was
> my background. But I play Sephardic,Chazones, Chassidishe nigunim, as well
> as your latest klezmer. So, if any of you have promotional material send
> it along.
> Hy in Orlando

Try contacting Yossi Zucker at the "Or-Tav" Publishing Company in Israel.
For many years, Or-Tav published a booklet of the new songs after each
Chassidic Song Festival.  None of the songs were written in English, but
since they are all written using Siddur or TaNaCh texts it should be easy 
to find translations.

Yossi's e-mail address at Or-Tav is:         ortav (at) netvision(dot)net(dot)il

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Cantor Neil Schwartz

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