Re: What Makes Music Jewish

[S. Naomi Finkelstein <bear...>]

Jewish music and Art Raymond on WEVD in New York are inextrobably
intertwined for me.  It played in my grandma's house (she lived
downstairs) my whole life.

Jewish music: what my grandma sand me to sleep with (off key)

Jewish music what the cantor intoned
Jewish music lesbian Jewish chants to the Shekinah 
Jewisjh music- I am sure the Sephardi and Mitzrachi and ethpoians have
versions of what i just wrote.

naomi (an Ethopian Art raymond boggles the mind)







On Wed, 2 Apr 1997 Marvin3809 (at) aol(dot)com wrote:

> My ideas on what is Jewish music were formed in part by listening to a
> recording made a few years after Israel was formed.  It had music sung by
> immigrants to Israel from Arab countries and central Asia.  One of the
> recordings sounded jst like Arab music, but then I picked up the words.  It
> was Adon Alom!
> 
> Many of the familiar melodies we use in Ashkenazi prayer are copied from
> European sources, and Klezmer music has Eastern European and Gypsy
> influences.  American show and movie music is influenced by the Yiddish
> theater.  
>