Re: survey of who is doing what jewish music

[Casey Chisick <chisickc...>]

Everybody:

Sometime soon, I will tell you all about what I am doing.  For now,
though, I need help -- and fast!  My group, the Chai Folk Ensemble of
Winnipeg, Canada, is presenting its annual concert on Saturday evening,
February 21.  I'm in the process of producing the program, which
typically includes a list of musical credits: lyricists, composers, and
original performers.  As of right now, I lack information on the
following songs:

Debka B'not Hakfar (Israeli)
Kan Badarom (Israeli)
Hey Daroma (Israeli)
The Black Cat (Der Schvartze Katz) (a borscht-belt era tune)
Ayouma (Yemenite)
Achot Lanu K'tana (Yemenite)
Ad Or Haboker (Israeli)
Givat Hatachmoshet (Israeli)
Hora Yisrael (a.k.a. "Im Zeh Tov V'im Zeh Ra") (Israeli)
L'Chayei Ha'am Hazeh (Israeli)
Hamavdil (Ladino)
La Hija De La Vezina (Ladino)
La Bulita Sapateta (Ladino)
7:40 (klezmer)
Baym Rebn In Palestina (klezmer)
Zemer Lach (Israeli)
Bo'u V'Nashir (Israeli)

If I were in Winnipeg, with all my resources around me, I suspect I
could find quite a number of these.  However, I am living in Ottawa and
commuting to work with Chai, and I have not been able to put this
information together.  Time is running out, so I would really appreciate
any help I can get.

I'll look forward to your responses.  Thanks in advance!

Casey Chisick
Artistic Director
Chai Folk Ensemble (Winnipeg, Canada)


W. Morrison wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
> >Okay, now it's the turn of the person on my left ;-)..
> >
> >ari
> 
> OK ari, although I suspect I'm slightly to your right :)
> 
> My band, Klezmos ("World-Klez music" tm), is my major outlet for Jewish
> musical expression as an instrumentalist. We play "old-world" klezmer,
> whatever that is, mixed with whatever else we like that seems to go with it
> (including swing, irish, tango, scandinavian, greek, balkan, french, and
> other "ethnic" music). But when we play a klezmer tune, we're fairly
> conservative about interpretation -- it's just that we play a lot of dances
> and we like to medley compatible tunes from different traditions..
> 
> I listen to lots of other stuff, including different kinds of Jewish music..
> I love Yiddish song, especially the old traditional songs; and Sephardic
> melodies, along with other Mediterranean music. I'm a lot more interested
> in the kinds of songs people sing with their families, than material more
> geared to performance or recording..
> I like to find unusual melodies for z'mirot (table songs for Shabbat and
> holidays), and I have a very strong interest in cantorial music (including
> nusach and trope), especially as it relates to actual tefillah -- the
> concert material, not so much. I like to experiment setting traditional
> prayers to unusual melodies. For example, I have borrowed a klezmer tune
> for Shehu Noteh Shamayim (part of the Aleynu prayer), to replace that
> dreadful Itsy Bitsy Spider melody - the cantor at my shul is now using it
> with the congregation, and another cantor has asked for the sheet music. I
> use a snippet of a Prokofiev (?) symphony for Ma Tovu, an English country
> waltz for Adon Olam, a Brazilian forro tune for D'ror Yikra, etc. Whether
> these last 3 really qualify as Jewish music to everyone is rather
> unimportant to me, and I'm not interested in debating the point, just in
> case... :)
> 
> OK, that's enough from here. Next?
> 
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> Wendy Morrison - Klezmos
> "Of all the Klezmer bands in the U.S., we're one of them"
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