RE: Cantors of Good Voice

[Reyzl Kalifowicz-Waletzky <reyzl...>]

>Now, if a great Cantor can bring God to an atheist, don't you think
>that......????

Right on!!!!

Not everyone gets to find their own melody or comfort in praying to an 
unseen God.    Society finds people (e.g., rabbis, cantors, choirs, records, 
etc. to help you with that task.)


Reyzl

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From:  Klezcorner[SMTP:Klezcorner (at) aol(dot)com]
Sent:  Monday, December 29, 1997 2:17 PM
To:  World music from a Jewish slant.
Subject:  Re:  Cantors of Good Voice

Over the 30 years I've been involved with Jewish music, I have heard and seen
possibly every sort of debate about Cantors. Who is or is not a "real" cantor,
who is great and who is overrated.  I have seen old European Jews practically
come to blows in the store over whether Rosenblatt was better than Koussevitsy
or Sirota: not unlike the debate over whether The Beatles were better than The
Rolling Stones.

Does the quality of a Cantor's voice affect the quality of the religious
experience of the congregation? The following incident might shed a little
light.

Years ago, when we were dealing mostly with American pop and rock and roll, a
very old gentleman with a very thick Polish-Yiddish accent came up to the
counter and put down 4 or 5 cassettes by Cantor Yossele Rosenblatt and said,
"You know, I'm a Communist, I don't believe in God, Noh, Yossele Rossenblatt
Vos De Grreatest Canteh In De Voild!"  

Now, if a great Cantor can bring God to an atheist, don't you think
that......????

Enjoy The Music
Simon
Hatikvah Music
Los Angels, Ca
213)655-7083