Re: Israeli campfire songs

[elkahn <elkahn...>]

Try TARA Music at www.jewishmusic.com

They'll have recordings and sheet music of what you're looking for.


On Fri, 4 Sep 1998, Ari Davidow wrote:

> >I am fairly new to this list, but I would like help in finding some
> >music.  When I attended camp 25+ years ago, we would sit around the fire
> >and sing songs like: "Dodi Li", "Henai Ma Tov", etc.  Where can songs
> >like these be found on a single tape or CD?  Any suggestions would be
> >helpful.
> 
> (Did this already get answered while I was driving cross-country?)
> 
> Off-hand, I don't know of any sources, although I do remember there
> being many Israeli campfire song books and CDs. (Since then, Israelis
> are as likely to sing "Poogy" or even more recent songs around 
> campfires, but that doesn't change the timeless pleasure of the
> ones you mention.)
> 
> I know that UJA has a nice, pocket-sized Jewish songbook that is
> somewhere with my still-unpacked books. 
> 
> ari
> 
> Ari Davidow
> The klezmer shack: http://www.well.com/user/ari/klez/
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> e-mail: ari (at) ivritype(dot)com
> 
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